During his last State of the Union address tonight, President Bush proclaimed that he trusts the choices of the Iraqi people.

We trust that people, when given the chance, will choose a future of freedom and peace. In the last seven years, we have witnessed stirring moments in the history of liberty and these images of liberty have inspired us…In the long run, men and women who are free to determine their own destinies will reject terror and refuse to live in tyranny. That is why the terrorists are fighting to deny this choice to people in Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Palestinian Territories

But a majority of the Iraqi people have chosen to oppose a prolonged U.S. military presence in Iraq. According to the latest opinion polls, a majority of Iraqis have little confidence in American and coalition forces and 79 percent oppose the presence of coalition forces in Iraq.

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