Majority say war is wrong

In a statewide poll, 53 percent said going to war in Iraq was a mistake, but Snohomish County voters split almost evenly on the issue.

By Jerry Cornfield
Herald Writer


A majority of Washington voters believe going to war in Iraq was a mistake.

But Connie Gronning of Marysville is not one of them.

For her, the war on terrorism began 21 years ago when her son was among the 241 soldiers killed in the bombing of a U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.

She believes the U.S. military must not pull out of Iraq as it pulled out of Lebanon.

"We left Beirut. We always cut and run," Gronning said.

In a statewide poll commissioned by The Herald, 53 percent of those surveyed said the United States "made a mistake in going to war" in March 2003; 44 percent, including Gronning, called it the "right decision."

Only 37 percent urged bringing troops home "as soon as possible," and 61 percent wanted U.S. forces to remain in Iraq until "a stable government is formed."

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a military campaign can be and more sons uselessly dying helps no-one.

One would think she would not want to inflict the pain she went through on others.

until the seeds are examined and understood there will be no peace.
obviously killing more people and leaving packs of pickled potatoes for the orphans gets this war mongering nation nowhere. we have the biggest guns-so did rome.