Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Why doesn't Bush support the troops?

A Kos diary draws attention to a New York Times article (which plebes like you and me are no longer allowed to see) about an actual poll of the soldiers:

A new poll to be released today shows that U.S. soldiers overwhelmingly want out of Iraq -- and soon.

The poll is the first of U.S. troops currently serving in Iraq, according to John Zogby, the pollster. Conducted by Zogby International and LeMoyne College, it asked 944 service members, "How long should U.S. troops stay in Iraq?"

Only 23 percent backed Mr. Bush's position that they should stay as long as necessary. In contrast, 72 percent said that U.S. troops should be pulled out within one year. Of those, 29 percent said they should withdraw "immediately."

By a two-to-one ratio, the troops said that "to control the insurgency we need to double the level of ground troops and bombing missions." And since there is zero chance of that happening, a majority of troops seemed to be saying that they believe this war to be unwinnable.

This first systematic look at the views of the U.S. troops on the ground suggests that our present strategy in Iraq is failing badly. The troops overwhelmingly don't want to "stay the course," and they don't seem to think the American strategy can succeed.


Short story: EVERYBODY knows that Bush's policy is a total failure, with the sole exception of a handful of pathetic sycophants for whom Tin God Bush can do no wrong.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Your wrote: "EVERYBODY knows that Bush's policy is a total failure, with the sole exception of a handful of pathetic sycophants for whom Tin God Bush can do no wrong."

Don't you know that if George W. Bush raped and killed a four-year-old boy on FOX News that it would be the liberal media's fault.

Silly.