http://www.militarycity.com/polls/2006_main.php
Apparently many troops do not support themselves, because they don't support the war.
Apparently many troops do not support themselves, because they don't support the war.
Military Times Poll
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In other words, it represents a traditionally more conservative segment of the military. Just imagine how bad the numbers would be if a broader poll were conducted.
amadeus
Serenity now
The military is not a democracy.
Yes, the military is also not a cat food store.
It's not a used car dealership.
Nor is it a tear in the space time continuum.
It isn't a great philopshical question that can only be answered with spirituality.
The military is not a color.
Nor is it a frown turned upside down.
It is not a spec of dirt on the bathroom foor.
Yes, there are many things the military is not.
PrinceOfLeigh
Wigan, England
I predict a tsunami of posts stating that the polling is flawed.
I don't think it matters much that our troops support the war or not. They are professionals and I believe the majority would do as good a job as possible regardless.
It does serve to dispell the ridiculous "You can't support the troops but not the War" argument.
I don't think it matters much that our troops support the war or not. They are professionals and I believe the majority would do as good a job as possible regardless.
It does serve to dispell the ridiculous "You can't support the troops but not the War" argument.
Winner
Diverse in Unity
Morale is falling? How surprising. If I were an US soldier, I'd have my doubts too. You know, I don't think that Iraq is worth the lives of those soldiers. It is a hell hole and it can't be saved by force, it doesn't matter how hard you try or how many troops you send there. Even if the US moved all its troops to Iraq, it would not make the situation better.
Just leave and let them figure out their problems alone.
Just leave and let them figure out their problems alone.
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
There was a poll? Funny...no one asked me how I felt.
Jawz II
Oh Dear
i am for the war, but against the troops. -Bill Hicks
I'm sure a sweep of the hard drive on your government-issued computer let them know how you felt.
That's too bad, I was hoping to get your thoughtful reaction as a current member of the military, rather than a lame attempt to be funny (unless you don't actually know what a poll is, and I'm about 99.9% sure you do).
JohnRM
Don't make me destroy you
Sounds like the reality of the situation, at large. Everyone was onboard and supportive at the beginning and now that the war is dragging on and getting tough, these people are jumping ship and leaving the President out to hang.
I would've jumped on board if they told me it'd only last 6 months too.
everyone implies around 100%, which was never the case, in fact, 70% was hardly the case.
Due to poor planning, The President left them out to hang.
blackheart
unenlightened
It's kind of foolhardy to stay on the Titanic heading straight for the iceberg in retrospect isn't it?
PrinceOfLeigh
Wigan, England
Leaving the President out to hang by merely having an opinion?
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
Bottom line, soldiers feel what they do is important and needs to be done. But at this point we are tired of hearing all the crap the media spews out. You try to be on a team on a mission and constantly hear 'quagmire, unwinnable, yadda, yadda' essentially 24/7 for the last three years and see how your moral holds out.
Soldiers dont want this to turn into another Vietnam. They dont want the public to give up on our mission because we have 3k dead. 3k dead is not the point. We suffered that monthly in Vietnam. The thing that depresses me most is my country has turned into a gutless wonder and a weak-willed bunch of Jerry Springer watching nimrods. Soldiers fully realize that if we give up in Iraq we will directly prove Osama correct in that we are a paper tiger that does not have the will to win against fanatical islam.
As a soldier, I feel our country is just giving up on us. Could things have been done better? Sure they could...but that holds true for any conflict we have ever been in. Nothing ever goes perfect. But apparently that is the standard we seem to expect....and if it isnt perfect...take our toys and go home.
Thats sad.
The public has not given up on the soldiers - the mission had wide public support up until about a year ago - and 99% of Americans sincerely support and appreciate our men and women in uniform. The public has given up on the Commander-in-Chief and it is precisely because they don't want another Vietnam that that they have done so. It has been far from perfect, but not because of the troops - it is because of the man at the top and the very few people he listens to.
Pontiuth Pilate
Republican Jesus!
Yep. You didn't screw this up, MobBoss, your President did.
