The Iraqi public may think that having coalition forces in the country creates more violence, but the Iraqi leadership knows that if the coalition leaves the country will become a total bloodbath. That's why they want us to stay, and it is why we are obligated to stay, at least for the short term.
It is good to see that the Iraqi Army is gaining the confidence of the Iraqi public, and I think we probably will be able to start drawing down our troop levels next year, but I don't see us leaving completely. On 9/28/06, Gruss wrote: > > A new WPO poll of the Iraqi public finds that seven in ten Iraqis want > US-led forces to commit to withdraw within a year. An overwhelming > majority believes that the US military presence in Iraq is provoking > more conflict than it is preventing and there is growing confidence in > the Iraqi army. If the US made a commitment to withdraw, a majority > believes that this would strengthen the Iraqi government. > > > http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/250.php?nid=&id=&pnt=250&lb=hmpg1 > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216396 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
