Reply #56: Most polls say otherwise.

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If you look at opinion polls and thinktank research, you will find that most Americans lean leftward, and definately further left than the so-called "middle".

For example, most Americans are very suspicious of big corporations, and believe more should be done to curb them. Most Americans are also against the privatization of social security. Most Americans also believe the government should play a role in making society more fair for those who are less well-off. Most Americans also believe that if you work a 40+ hour workweek, you should be able to afford a place to live and food and clothing for your family (something that sounds radical in today's political climate).

Currently, just over 50% of Democrats oppose the ongoing occupation of Iraq, and 40% of Americans feel the same way. Over 70% of Iraqis want the occupation to end, regardless of what happens afterward. And those numbers get bigger every day that the occupation drags on.

Just because "we broke it" does NOT mean that we should be the ones to "fix it". That's like letting the arsonist who burned your house down have the choice of who rebuilds it, and how it's rebuilt.

Let the PEOPLE of Iraq determine who should rebuild their country-- NOT the US, and not foreign corporate interests, who are hellbent on privatising all of Iraq's resources for their own benefit. As long as the US controls Iraq's economy and government, we will be seen as an occupying army, and resistance will continue.