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Article: Iraq: the tipping point.(HEARTS & MINDS)(the implications of the Iraq war)
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- Sojourners Magazine
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- September 1, 2007
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This summer, opposition to the war in Iraq reached the tipping point--and tipped. A Gallup Poll in July showed the highest-ever level of opposition--62 percent say the United States made a mistake in sending troops to Iraq, the first time that number has topped 60 percent.
During the Senate debate in July, Republican senators began falling like dominoes--Chuck Hagel, Richard Lugar, George Voinovich, Pete Domenici, Olympia Snowe, even John Warner began looking for a way out. The Republican defections are bolstered by public opinion. Columnist Robert Novak wrote about Sen. Hagel: "As the first in a succession of Republican senators to be critical of Bush's Iraq ...