Tuesday, February 28, 2006

US soldiers overwhelmingly want us out of Iraq

Surprising. But I guess, ultimately, not very surprising. From michael1104 at DKos (quoting Nick Kristof at the New York Times, which is subscription-only):
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." (emphasis mine)

For more polling fun, let's go to the newest presidential poll-- this one from CBS News:
The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush's approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high.

And then the hits just keep on comin':
In a separate poll, two out of three Americans said they do not think President Bush has responded adequately to the needs of Katrina victims. Only 32 percent approve of the way President Bush is responding to those needs, a drop of 12 points from last September’s poll, taken just two weeks after the storm made landfall.
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For the first time in this poll, most Americans say the president does not care much about people like themselves. Fifty-one percent now think he doesn't care, compared to 47 percent last fall.

Just 30 percent approve of how Mr. Bush is handling the Iraq war, another all-time low.

By two to one, the poll finds Americans think U.S. efforts to bring stability to Iraq are going badly – the worst assessment yet of progress in Iraq.

Even on fighting terrorism, which has long been a strong suit for Mr. Bush, his ratings dropped lower than ever. Half of Americans say they disapprove of how he's handling the war on terror, while 43 percent approve.

As a side note, the poll also gauged Dick Cheney's approval rating... at 18%.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thankfully we don't live in the athenian democracy during the pelopenisian war. That democracy so wisely sent boats to kill the Lesbians, but the next day, voted overwhelmingly in their new "having-slept-on-it" wisdom to send out other boats to catch the first boats and save the poor lesbians. Yes, good that we avoid such bad democracies that are so flippant. Instead, we are like good texans in a shotgun wedding. One bad day where we make a bad choice of partners, in this case the event occuring on election day 2004, and we get stuck with our bride of choice. Cue the theme from Deliverance.

Anonymous said...

forgot to add: Bush sure do got a purty mouth...