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.TRUTHDIG’S JOURNALISM REMAINS CLEAR
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