(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Most adults in the United States would like their country’s participation in the coalition effort to end, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 33 per cent of respondents want all U.S. troops in Iraq to be brought home within a year, while 26 per cent would enact an immediate withdrawal.

Conversely, 35 per cent of respondents think the U.S. should stay in Iraq until the mission is complete.

The coalition effort against Saddam Hussein’s regime was launched in March 2003. At least 3,858 American soldiers have died during the military operation, and 28,300 troops have been wounded in action.

In December 2005, Iraqi voters renewed their National Assembly. In May 2006, Shiite United Iraqi Alliance member Nouri al-Maliki officially took over as prime minister.

In September, commander of the Multi-National Force - Iraq David Petraeus and U.S. ambassador in Iraq Ryan Crocker provided a comprehensive assessment of the situation in Iraq to the U.S. Congress. In addition, U.S. president George W. Bush said U.S. forces in Iraq would be reduced by 5,700 troops in December, and announced the possibility of a further decrease in July 2008.

On Nov. 7, Bush rejected the notion that the coalition effort in Iraq amounts to a "quagmire", declaring, "You know, ‘quagmire’ is an interesting word. If you lived in Iraq and had lived under a tyranny, you’d be saying, god, I love freedom—because that’s what’s happened. And there are killers and radicals and murderers who kill the innocent to stop the advance of freedom. But freedom is happening in Iraq. And we’re making progress."

Polling Data

When it comes to the War in Iraq, the U.S. should...

Source: Rasmussen Reports
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 American adults, conducted on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2007. Margin of error is 4.5 per cent.

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