Poll: Americans Blame Bush, Not Obama, For Iraq's Current Chaos
Source: TPM
TOM KLUDT JULY 7, 2014, 10:49 AM EDT
Republicans have hammered President Obama in recent weeks for the unraveling security situation in Iraq, arguing that he should have left some American troops behind in the troubled country. But a poll released Monday found that Americans widely disagree with the GOP.
The latest national survey from Quinnipiac University showed that 58 percent of American voters believe Obama's decision to withdraw troops in 2011 was the right thing to do.
Conversely, 61 percent said that George W. Bush's decision to invade in 2003 was the wrong thing to do. Fifty-one percent of voters blame Bush for the current calamity in Iraq.
With Islamic militants storming through Iraq, the GOP's criticism of Obama has centered around the 2011 withdrawal, the terms of which were actually negotiated under Bush in 2008. Republicans such as Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) have assailed the President for the withdrawal, insisting that the decision squandered security gains made in Iraq after the 2007 troop surge.
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liberal N proud
(60,338 posts)I hope each time, thinking that this will be the issue that will wake the voters up and the republican party will be over.
I think each time, that this is the one. We see results like this in polls, yet the ass clowns keep getting reelected.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)in the districts represented by ass clowns, are they themselves ass clowns dumber than a bag of rocks.
underpants
(182,843 posts)You popped your vile head up right on time.
Rod Beauvex
(564 posts)They just can't shift the blame. Bwahahahaha.
tridim
(45,358 posts)Something isn't adding up, and as usual, it's the republicans and their fuzzy math.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)They've been told to say Obama is the worst president ever, so they do so.
Democrats split their vote between W, Reagan and Nixon. Because we like thinking instead of blindly following what the radio says.
alp227
(32,037 posts)BlummberBee
(18 posts)despite the unrelenting torrent of right-wing corporate media bullshit.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)Im also very comfortable with the fact that its going to take a while for history to judge whether the decisions I made are consequential or not."
You were and still are an idiot.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)decision to invade in 2003?!
Thank goodness it's a majority, but still. Nice job FoxNoise, Lush Slimeball, Glen Beckkk, etc.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Q bullshit poll was partisan but this poll encompass America.
KinMd
(966 posts)Maeve
(42,283 posts)Honestly, some days I think humans are too dumb to govern ourselves. And then there are stories like this
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)pam4water
(2,916 posts)would want perpetual war, but what about that other ~39%?