“A new poll of Iraqis shows that more than half of them believe they would be safer if U. S. troops left their country. In a related story, more than half of Americans believe we would be safer if Iraqis stopped answering poll questions and helped us get their damn lights back on, OK? I love that story, a poll of Iraqis want us to leave.”

—  Dennis Miller

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