Americans divided over war in Iraq.

Now this is an interesting story from the Washington Post:

The American public is sharply divided over whether to set a deadline for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, as military casualties mount and the insurgency shows little sign of ending its bloody terror campaign, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll.

There are still more Americans who oppose withdrawal than support it, but the margin is dwindling. And the latest Post-ABC poll continues to show little backing for an immediate exit from Iraq: Nearly eight in 10 say the United States should keep troops in Iraq for at least six months.

The survey found that 47 percent of the country now favors setting a deadline for troops to exit from Iraq, up eight percentage points since December. Opposition to a firm timetable for withdrawal stands at 51 points, down from 60 percent seven months ago.

Among the 47 percent who favor a deadline, nearly half say U.S. troops should be out of Iraq within six months, while a third favor giving the military a year to leave. Those results are virtually identical to findings from the December poll.

The deadline issue continues to split the country along partisan lines. Two thirds of all Democrats currently favor setting a deadline, double the proportion of Republicans who favor a strict timetable for exiting. Among independents, fewer than half -- 44 percent -- support a deadline for withdrawing troops.

The American public is souring over this war in Iraq. There are no clearly defined goals as to what the U.S. is doing in Iraq, nor are there any measurable criteria to show that we are achieving those goals. The Bush administration continues spouting their PR-spin that we're winning the war in Iraq, but they've failed to show any U.S. achievements or victories in Iraq--and killing Zarqawi is not a U.S. victory in Iraq. Right after Zarqawi was killed, two U.S. soldiers were abducted and killed by al Qaida. And now today, we've got more bombings killing Iraqis, and an American marine was also killed. The insurgency is continuing on--business as usual.

This war cannot go on. It has cost us too many American lives, and too much American treasure--and we have nothing to show for it. Stay-the-course is not a viable policy option. The insurgency is not within its last throes. We've got to start some type of political resolution to where we can pull the American troops out, and give Iraq back to the Iraqis. Let Iraqis deal with Iraq.