Get the Hell Out!
Our failure to declare a timetable and Bush’s plans for long-term military bases in Iraq feed the insurgency and results in more young Americans being killed.
A poll conducted last month found that 61 percent of Iraqis approve of attacks on Americans, which is up from 47 percent in January. Iraqi Sunnis have always favored blowing up Americans. Now members of the Shiite majority are 50 percent more likely to support violent attacks against Americans than they did in January.
The poll, by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, found that 78 percent of Iraqis believe the presence of our military is “provoking more conflict than it is preventing.”
Iraqis have the most at stake and they overwhelmingly believe they will be better off if our forces leave according to a timetable. Only 9 percent of Iraqis favor Bush’s policy of staying the coarse, while 71 percent favor a withdrawal within one year.
The survey found: “There is evidence that if the United States were to make a commitment to withdraw according to a timetable, support for attacks would diminish.” Seventy-seven percent of Iraqis believe that we plan to establish permanent bases in Iraq. If Bush unequivocally renounces permanent bases, that would reduce popular support for attacks and save American lives.
Iraq may fall apart no matter what we do. However, the evidence is strong that the suspicions that we plan to stay forever is doing great harm. A poll conducted by our own State Department found that nearly three-quarters of Baghdad residents said they would feel safer if U.S. forces left Iraq.
The Christian Science Monitor reported that a letter seized by our military suggests that Al Qaeda itself is rooting for the our military to “stay the course” rather than withdraw. “Prolonging the war is in our interest,” the Qaeda letter says, presumably as a tool for propaganda and recruitment.
Senior member of the intelligence community, Michael Scheuer wrote "Imperial Hubris", which explores why terrorist hate us and why Bush’s actions are bin Laden's only indispensable allies.
A poll conducted last month found that 61 percent of Iraqis approve of attacks on Americans, which is up from 47 percent in January. Iraqi Sunnis have always favored blowing up Americans. Now members of the Shiite majority are 50 percent more likely to support violent attacks against Americans than they did in January.
The poll, by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, found that 78 percent of Iraqis believe the presence of our military is “provoking more conflict than it is preventing.”
Iraqis have the most at stake and they overwhelmingly believe they will be better off if our forces leave according to a timetable. Only 9 percent of Iraqis favor Bush’s policy of staying the coarse, while 71 percent favor a withdrawal within one year.
The survey found: “There is evidence that if the United States were to make a commitment to withdraw according to a timetable, support for attacks would diminish.” Seventy-seven percent of Iraqis believe that we plan to establish permanent bases in Iraq. If Bush unequivocally renounces permanent bases, that would reduce popular support for attacks and save American lives.
Iraq may fall apart no matter what we do. However, the evidence is strong that the suspicions that we plan to stay forever is doing great harm. A poll conducted by our own State Department found that nearly three-quarters of Baghdad residents said they would feel safer if U.S. forces left Iraq.
The Christian Science Monitor reported that a letter seized by our military suggests that Al Qaeda itself is rooting for the our military to “stay the course” rather than withdraw. “Prolonging the war is in our interest,” the Qaeda letter says, presumably as a tool for propaganda and recruitment.
Senior member of the intelligence community, Michael Scheuer wrote "Imperial Hubris", which explores why terrorist hate us and why Bush’s actions are bin Laden's only indispensable allies.
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