Support the Troops

Poll: 72 percent of troops want out of Iraq
in a year
RAW STORY

Seventy two percent of U.S. troops in Iraq believe the United States should pull
out within one year, a column by Nicholas Kristof in Tuesday's New York Times
reveals. The poll was conducted by Zogby International and is the first poll to
examine the attitudes of those currently serving in the wartorn nation.
...
"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 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..."
While the White House emphasizes the threat from non-Iraqi terrorists, only
26 percent of the U.S. troops say that the insurgency would end if those foreign
fighters could be kept out. A plurality believes that the insurgency is made up
overwhelmingly of discontented Iraqi Sunnis...
By a 2-1 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.
Complete article at Raw Story.
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