A new Fox News poll reports that about 1 in 5 Democrats (19 percent) “thinks the world will be better off if America loses the war in Iraq.” Shocking. Only 11 percent of Americans as a whole say the same, and only 5 percent of Republicans. The better news from the poll is that 87 percent of Americans have said a prayer for the troops–but there is obviously some overlap between those who pray for the troops and those who want the troops to lose. Somehow, this doesn’t make much sense to me, or most bloggers. Kathryn Jean Lopez at NRO’s The Corner said simply, “I don’t want to believe.” It does really boggle the mind that Americans actually want our country to lose a war. Ace notes that another 20 percent of Democrats say they “don’t know” if defeat would be preferable to winning in Iraq. Confederate Yankee sums it up:
And Paul Mirengoff at Power Line reminds us: “But don’t question their patriotism.” Or should we?
