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Beltway myth: "The left-wing base" vs. "the American people" on Iraq

Mara Liasson falsely claims that "the American people" only want to leave Iraq when "conditions on the ground" permit it.
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  • Monday, July 7, 2008 10:29 AM

    Well, that's what the American people want...

    This isn't what she said on 7/2:

    LIASSON: I think over time, if the violence goes down—

    HUME: It has gone down.

    LIASSON: Yes, and if it continues to that will change people's opinions.

    The majority of the American people still think the war was a mistake. What they're divided on is what to do now, and whether they think the progress is tenuous enough that we have to stay there to maintain it.

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,375104,00.html
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