[lbo-talk] Iraqis want occupiers out

Seth Ackerman sethackerman1 at verizon.net
Wed Jul 30 17:19:52 PDT 2008


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Iraqis want occupiers out

...Except for arming and training the Iraqi army and attacking Al Qaeda...


> The very same ABC News poll that delivered some of the harshest
> criticism of US troops also asked whether the US should have "a future
> role" in a number of areas. Remarkably high numbers said that it
> should. Seventy-six percent favored the US providing training and
> weapons to the Iraqi army. Eight in 10 favored the US participating in
> security operations against al-Qaeda or other jihadists operating in
> Iraq--something that would, of course, be at odds with the US
> completely withdrawing all its forces.



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