Do you think Republicans will lose badly if they nominate a pro-war candidate?

Question

The troops are damn tired of Iraq. They have been tired of it for a long time now.

I'd be too if I have to spend most of my time in a hot, dusty, place where every day could be my last.

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U.S. Troops in Iraq: 72% Say End War in 2006

Le Moyne College/Zogby Poll shows just one in five troops want to heed Bush call to stay “as long as they are needed”
While 58% say mission is clear, 42% say U.S. role is hazy
Plurality believes Iraqi insurgents are mostly homegrown
Almost 90% think war is retaliation for Saddam’s role in 9/11, most don’t blame Iraqi public for insurgent attacks
Majority of troops oppose use of harsh prisoner interrogation
Plurality of troops pleased with their armor and equipment
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075

Answer 1

Yep. Any pro-war candidate is going to... pardon the pun... bomb. I'm shocked the Republicans are still trying to pull the pro-war card.

Answer 2

Here's the problem: You can't leave even though you want to. Well except if you think that americans are prepared for $6 a gallon for gas.



I will probably vote for Ron Paul in the primary (i know, i know), but I figure if he gets enough votes that the real candidate will have to at least address some of the platforms Pauls believes in.



So with that said, I think that we should have never gone back to Iraq. At the time we made the decision, North Korea was a bigger problem of the 3 Axis of Evils. But the Puppet Masters (cheney and Rumsfeld) decided that we could change our military structure and control a larger part of the oil in the middle east.



The problem is that its an ugly war, but what you aren't really being told is, that we really aren't fighting Iraqi's anymore. We are fighting Iranians who want us to lose face in the world and control the same oil that we want to control. This is why the Sr. Bush administration didn't drive goofy out of Iraq back in '91. They understood the vacuum of power it would create.



The smartest thing that Bush Jr. could have done is after they caught Hussien, was to break that country up into 3 or 4 parts. Given it to Turkey, Iran, and left a3rd or 4th nation, out there under self rule. Obviously one of them being a puppet country of the U.S. so that we have some buffering and control over oil. But this didn't help Rumsfeld create his new military structure. So they had to keep showing what a quick stike, lite weight army could do. He was wrong, he left, and the new policy of sending in more troops is creating security in Iraq.



An as aside, Hiliary is smart. She understands we won't be able to just pull out, like the folks at Moveon.org want us to, and hence isn't making strange promises that she won't be able to live up to. Its the other wacko stuff you need to be scared of.



The real issue by next November won't be the war. So I don't think a pro-war candidate is going to look any different than what Ms. Clinton is saying.

Answer 3

While it says Zogby it also says LeMoyne college which shows me their is a bias in the woodshed. I think Democrats will lose big if they keep up their quest of giving 20 million illegals amnesty. The war will end soon enough, you are being diverted from the invasion that is happening right now within our borders. pay attention.

Answer 4

If you care about the USA you had better hope that whomever is elected Dem or Repub is willing to fight this global war on terror. If not, you had better learn Iranian

Answer 5

Do folks realize, Hillary supports the war?

Answer 6

No one is "pro war". Some of us just understand the neccesity of it.