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A new poll of the region hit hardest by the war in Iraq finds that the South is steadily losing patience with the war in Iraq:

As the 2006 mid-term elections near and debate heats up about the Iraq war, a new Institute for Southern Studies opinion poll finds that support for the war is deteriorating in the South -- and by some measures, opposition is stronger in Southern states than in other parts of the country

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89382

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Hm, despite my misgivings about the source of the poll, I'll say I'm not surprised. I don't think the South is afraid of war, it's just afraid of a badly managed one. This one is bungled, and our current administration has no clue on how to end it.

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Ironghost

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2006-10-15T11:27:50-06:00

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89383

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The South may be coming around and realizing it has been sold a 'bill of goods' by this administration. Bush wants you to think that we are fighting them over there so that we don't have to fight them here. But, alas, the facts are that even Al Quaeda has been silenced by secterian violence in Iraq. It's a civil war and our soldiers are stuck in the middle.

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Darron

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2006-10-15T11:29:25-06:00

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89384

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Yes, and the South is losing more of our men and women than any other region. It's more than a badly managed war, Ironghost. It was badly planned, badly launched and badly justified. And we are paying the price in American lives, world respect, and the fact that we are creating more terrorism and hatred of the U.S. to boot. The Bush administration and its toadies have created a real quandary for us here, and a real stinker of their place in the history books. The other night at Gov. Winter's book signing, I was talking to former Congressman David Bowen, whom I don't always agree with. He was saying how he could not come up with a worse president in U.S. history at this point than Bush, considering the levels of failure he has experienced and on so many primary levels. It's sobering. What it ultimately means is that we have quite the hole to dig out of, thanks to the chickenhawk neocons.

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DonnaLadd

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2006-10-15T14:20:49-06:00

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89385

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The South has loss more young men and women than any other region in the US. It is about time for more verbal outrage at this senseless war. If the reason for going to war were "weapons of mass distruction" then, America should never have gone to war with Iraq. There are ove 100,000 innocent women and children who have been killed. Our country has ove 2,800 soldiers killed and another 20,000 with serious injuries. There have been too many failures of this President and his administration. Too many lies and too many lives have been lost needlessly. Condi Rice, who by the way gets on my last nerve, continues to make the case for this war. ...and NO, Americans are not "safer now." We are hated globally! We can call it "cut and run" or cut and walk: It is time to bring our kids home.

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justjess

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2006-10-16T10:34:24-06:00

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89386

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Yes, the South has lost more young men and women than any other region in the US. Sadly, this is because many young people in the South cannot afford to go to college, so they opt to go into the military to get some help on college tuition. Not a bad idea. I did it myself, and I don't regret it. I got a chance to travel and see the world, and I have a degree today--and a good job--thanks to some help from Uncle Sam! Sure, everyone knows that when they sign up to join the military, they are taking an oath to defend their country if a war should start. That is not a problem. Why? Because of TRUST. The problem arises when our Commander-in-Chief/Secretary of Defense fail to honor that trust by betraying those of us who sign up. We (soldiers) have made good on our part by voluntarily signing up to fight and/or die, if need be, for our great country. All we expect from our administration is that they “make good” on their part by appreciating this sacrifice, that they honor us, that they do the right thing by us, and not send us off to die in a miserable, ill-managed war that was based on lies.

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blu_n_a_redstate

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2006-10-16T12:13:40-06:00

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89387

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October 16, 2006 5 Americans Killed in Iraq, Bringing Month’s Toll to 53 By KIRK SEMPLE BAGHDAD, Oct. 15 — Two marines were killed by insurgents in Anbar Province on Sunday, the American military command said, and three American soldiers died a day earlier in a bombing in southern Baghdad, bringing the total of American troop deaths in Iraq this month to at least 53, an extraordinarily high midmonth tally. At the current rate of American troop deaths, almost four a day, October is on track to be the third-deadliest month of the entire conflict for the military, according to Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, an independent Web site that tracks war-related casualties. Read the rest of the story (from the New York Times) here: New York Times Story

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blu_n_a_redstate

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2006-10-16T12:36:46-06:00

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89388

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blu_n_a_redstate, thanks for the link. Your point about the military was honorable. You understood and knew what you were signing up for and you knew that being a protector of the country was/is your first line of responsibility - not the travel or seeing the world. A lot of poor young people do not understand this and the positive benefits is the magnet that attracts. I agree with you on the fact that our soldiers should not be sent into war for reasons that are not above board. Our troops have been betrayed and there are a lot of people who must atone for this senseless act.

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justjess

Date

2006-10-16T13:17:19-06:00