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December 30, 2006

US Military: Not so much on the Iraq thing

A friend of mine who lives in Georgia has been reminding me in the last few days that those serving in Iraq support the invasion and occupation. She's a conservative with a social libertarian bent, who has regaled me with emailing pixels about how it was one thing for those who disagree with the war (like myself) to speak up here at home. But she believes that the troops know best because they're in country and know what's going on. She can't bring herself to disagree with them.

It would seem that now many if not most US soldiers, agree with me:

It's often written or said in the media that, despite public opposition to the Iraq war here at home, military personnel strongly back President Bush's handling of the conflict. But a poll for the Military Times newspapers, released Friday, shows that more troops disapprove of the president’s handling of the war than approve of it.

It came on the day that at least four more Americans died in the war, pushing the monthly total to 107, the high point for the year -- and the total figure to 2,997, near the milestone of 3,000.

Barely one in three service members approve of the way the president is handling the war, according to the new poll for the four papers (Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Times). In another startling finding, only 41% now feel it was the right idea to go to war in Iraq in the first place.

And the number who feel success there is likely has shrunk from 83% in 2004 to about 50% today. A surprising 13% say there should be no U.S. troops in Iraq at all.

I wonder if she'll change her mind at seeing this polling data.

Somehow, I doubt it.

Posted by Carla at December 30, 2006 09:27 AM