Three in four Americans support bringing troops home from Iraq

From Think Progress:

A new Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted October 10-11 finds that nearly three in four Americans (73 percent) agree that U.S. troops should start to come home.

I’m amazed that Faux News released a story like this—or any other Big Media Organization, for that matter.

The Fox News poll asked Americans if they agreed or disagreed with this statement: “The United States has sacrificed enough for the people of Iraq, and now it is time that they take on most of the burden of their security in their country and let U.S. troops to start to come home.”

I prefer this statement: “Iraq never posed an immediate or looming threat to the United States, and thus the United States should not have invaded Iraq.” Sadly, most people would disagree with it.

A strong majority of Americans of all ideological stripes agree with this statement—which is similar to the argument the Center for American Progress makes in the Strategic Redeployment plan released last September—that American troops have done their share, and it is time for Iraqis to take responsibility for their own affairs.

The Iraqis would only be too happy to take responsibility for their own affairs. We must hand control over to them first, however.

The Fox News poll (PDF). The question mentioned in Think Progress’s post is question #28. If you’d rather not view a PDF, take a look at the GIF version. Question #28 is on page seven.

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