It was bound to happen. After the Iraq Study Group report and the new defense secretary's declaration that the US is losing the war, popular support for the Iraq war and for President Bush has sagged to the lowest levels ever.
The Associated Press-Ipsos survey found that 71% of Americans disapprove of their president's conduct of the war. Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed have given up believing that Iraq can achieve a stable, democratic government.
71% want American troops out by 2008. 60% would support withdrawal within six months.
Support for the war is expected to keep dwindling but no one's sure how far it can fall. One thing is plain - the American people want their soldiers home before they go to the polls to elect their next president. That's a real problem for any candidate who wants to continue the war. It means Hillary Clinton is going to have to change her spots and John McCain will need to carefully assess his prospects of even securing his party's nomination.
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Hi: Yes, I watched them. Sad for the kids but also sad for the soldiers. So many of them now complain, quite openly, that they were had. When soldiers' morale craters it can come out in anger and frustration. That can lead to excesses of all degrees. Before long you can expect to see the "I don't want to be the last to die here" syndrome begin.
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