Interesting, and not surprising. I mean if I were there I'd feel the same that the majority did, get us out of here.
Thanks for posting this.
Thanks for posting this.
Poll of troops in Iraq
Since we've had so many delightful
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discussions here about what our service men and women in Iraq really think, I thought I'd offer this up as a contribution. Note that it is from that far-left commie-loving defeatist source, the Stars and Stripes:
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...8&archive=true
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Hmmm... seems to me that if things were going that well, more respondants would have chosen the "stay as long as needed" option. 'Course, in fairness, the military analysts see it differently:
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72 percent want to get out within a year, and he says it doesn't mean a higher percent desire departure? Huh???
And then there was this:
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http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...8&archive=true
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| The survey of 944 troops, conducted in Iraq between Jan. 18 and Feb. 14, said that only 23 percent of servicemembers thought U.S. forces should stay "as long as they are needed." Of the 72 percent, 22 percent said troops should leave within the next six months, and 29 percent said they should withdraw "immediately." Twenty-one percent said the U.S. military presence should end within a year; 5 percent weren't sure. |
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| "I think this is about personal circumstances, and not proof there is a higher rate of troops who desire departure." |
And then there was this:
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| The poll also shows that 42 percent of the troops surveyed are unsure of their mission in Iraq, and that 85 percent believe a major reason they were sent into war was "to retaliate for Saddam's role in the Sept. 11 attacks." |
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