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[03/20/2006] On 3rd Anniversary of War: Cheney Hits Media, Says Insurgency Still in Last Throes
In a TV apperance on Sunday, Vice President Dick Cheney did not express any regret for predicting in the days before the invasion of Iraq three years ago that U.S. troops would be greeted as liberators--or his assessment 10 months ago that the insurgency was in its \"last throes.\" On the contrary, he said the optimistic statements \"were basically accurate, reflect reality.\"\n » More

[03/10/2006] NeoCon allies desert Bush over Iraq
\'One can\'t doubt the objective in Iraq has failed ... Iraqi animosities have proved uncontainable by an army of 130,000 Americans. Different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat.\' - Francis Fukuyama » More

[03/03/2006] Gallup: 2 Out of 3 Americans Want U.S. Pull Out from Iraq
While newspaper editorials remain virtually silent on the subject, the American public seems to have made up its mind. A new Gallup/CNN/USA Today poll out tonight shows that 2 out of 3 adult Americans now want U.S. troops to start to come home from Iraq. And 55% call the decision to attack Iraq in 2003 a \"mistake.\" » More

[02/28/2006] Anti-war activists planning to \'take over\' White House
A leading anti-Iraq war group is advertising a plan to storm the White House next month and \"take it over\" until the Bush administration vacates the premises. » More

[02/22/2006] Gallup: 55% Now Call Iraq War a \'Mistake\'
More Americans than nearly ever before now say the war in Iraq is a \"mistake\" for the United States, according to a new Gallup poll. That figure now stands at 55%, up 4% point since late January. Only once before was the figure higher, at 59%, and that was during the period of overall pessimism right after Hurricane Katrina hit. » More