I just want to make a comment about the "solid majority" (56%) that rejected withdrawal. It's remarkable enough that 41% supported withdrawal, given the national media climate. It's even more remarkable in light of the bias in the phrasing of the question. The question asked whether troops should stay until civil order is restored or should go even if that goal is not reached. There's an extremely questionable assumption there. Nowhere in the poll is there a question about whether the US military presence in Iraq is reducing the chaos or creating it. It's a question that the media isn't asking either.

Imagine if that question was asked in the poll alongside the question about withdrawal, with the assumption about civil order removed. I for one am going to write to the authors of the poll (I have one email address, morinr (at) washpost.com) and suggest that the questions be asked this way in future versions of the poll.