Flight Pundit

Americans want to WIN?? Since when? According to the Lemoncrats (TM) we want to lose..and lose big time. We want to run away screaming with white flags waving.

Public Opinion Strategies conducted a poll about Iraq and America’s involvement…asking people from both sides of the fence what they think.

The Report, with Poll results (PDF)

* 57% believe “The Iraq War is a key part of the global war on terrorism.”

* 57% “support finishing the job in Iraq, that is, keeping the troops there until the Iraqi government can maintain control and provide security for its people.

* 50% want our troops should stay and “do whatever it takes to restore order until the Iraqis can govern and provide security to their country” while only 17% favor immediate withdrawal

* 56% believe “Even if they have concerns about his war policies, Americans should stand behind the President in Iraq because we are at war.”

* 53% believe “The Democrats are going too far, too fast in pressing the President to withdraw the troops from Iraq.”

And:

* “The survey shows Americans want to win in Iraq, and that they understand Iraq is the central point in the war against terrorism and they can support a U.S. strategy aimed at achieving victory,” said Neil Newhouse, a partner in POS. “The idea of pulling back from Iraq is not where the majority of Americans are.”

* “How Americans view the war does not line up with the partisan messages or actions coming out of Washington,” said Davis Lundy, president of The Moriah Group [the Chattanooga PR firm which commissioned the survey]. “There are still a majority of Americans out there who want to support the President and a focused effort to define and achieve victory.”

* “The key group driving public opinion here are what we call the “nose-holders”, said Newhouse. “They don’t believe we should have gone to war or should still be there, but they believe we should stay and do whatever it takes to restore order until the Iraqis can govern and provide security for their own country.”

OK…I get it now. I have thought all along the Lemoncrats were over rating the public opinion on this war…and claiming a mandate to end our involvement in Iraq as a voice to the American people. Now we have some tangible proof.

What’s next? Will the limpy dicked weakling Democrats change their strategy? No. Probably not…but at least we know the truth now and they chose to ignore it. As always.

Rick Moran is spot on with this:

Perhaps if we all stopped treating the public as little children who need to be told what to think, what to believe about Iraq, we could get beyond the one dimensional critiques of the war on both sides and work together on a plan consistent with their wishes to get out of Iraq with the goal of leaving an Iraqi government in place that can handle its own security and not be a threat to us or her neighbors. If those goals are achieved, I think it’s pretty clear that the majority of Americans would see our efforts in Iraq as a success. Perhaps not a “victory” in any realistic sense – but far from a defeat and definitely something to build on in the years ahead as Iraq will continue to struggle with instituting democracy.

Americans have always been winners. Why now, the sudden popularity with being losers? Does it say something about the Lemoncrats (TM) who control the House??

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