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Most Polls Show Wide Support for Iraq Troop Withdrawal

Next time you hear a conservative bloviating about how most of the country is united behind “staying the course” in Iraq, you can respond with the truth: Almost every major poll shows strong support for a troop pullout in Iraq, and most Americans declared long ago that the Iraq war was a mistake.

Posted on Jun 22, 2006 READ MORE


Senate Rejects Calls for Iraq Troop Withdrawal

The stricter of the two bills being voted on—a measure that would have mandated a pullout by 2007—went down 86-13. The bill that didn’t have a timetable was defeated 60-39, with all but one Republican and six Democrats voting against the measure.
UPDATE: The Senate is weighing a modest troop reduction in the coming months.

Posted on Jun 22, 2006 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


Withdrawal From Iraq? Not With All These Shiny U.S. Bases…

TomDispatch warns that the presence of American “super bases” in Iraq belies the idea that the U.S. will pull out of the country any time soon.

Posted on Feb 24, 2006 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


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O’Reilly Says It’s Time to Leave Iraq

When even a flag-waver like Bill O’Reilly starts saying it’s time to go, where, exactly, is the president’s pro-war base?

Posted on Feb 23, 2006 READ MORE  |  6 COMMENTS


“The People of Fallujah Love Cindy Sheehan”

Sunni leaders who plan to participate in the Dec. 15 Iraq elections told Marines that they are encouraged by the actions of activist Cindy Sheehan and others who are calling for a U.S. withdrawal. Sheehan should be congratulated for showing the Iraqi people and the rest of the world what democracy is all about.

Posted on Nov 30, 2005 READ MORE  |  15 COMMENTS


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