Mondo Times Iraq Poll Archive

This poll ran from November 11 to 18, 2007.

Mondo Stars Poll Results

"The only people sacrificing for the Iraq war are the troops." True 791/48% False 841/52%

Votes: 1632

Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International, from his book "The Price of Liberty," a history of how America has paid for its wars since 1776. The book was published on May 1, 2007.

Hormats writes: "In every major war we have fought in the 19th and 20th centuries, Americans have been asked to pay higher taxes — and nonessential programs have been cut — to support the military effort. Yet during this Iraq war, taxes have been lowered and domestic spending has climbed. In contrast to World War I, World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam, for most Americans this conflict has entailed no economic sacrifice. The only people really sacrificing for this war are the troops and their families."

Hormats also quotes George Washington from his celebrated Farewell Address, in which he warned against "ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burdens we ourselves ought to bear."

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