U.S. Military Faults Lack of Troops in Iraq -Poll

[JohnnyCougar]

http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=6519909

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. troops serving in Iraq and their families said the Bush administration did not send enough forces to Iraq and relied too heavily on the National Guard and reserve troops, a poll showed on Saturday.

Almost two-thirds of those surveyed by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, or 65 percent, said they believed President Bush "had underestimated the number of troops needed in Iraq," the poll said.

But while 60 percent said part-time troops were overburdened and the number of regular troops should have been expanded, a larger majority, 74 percent, said they were opposed to reinstating the draft.

Annenberg researchers surveyed 186 troops who were serving on active duty in Iraq between February and October, including full-time, National Guard and reservist forces. If they were not available for polling, a family member was surveyed.

[deadparrot]

1. He didn't underestimate.

He misunderestimated, dammit!

[cal04]

2. Survey of 'Military and Families'

Survey of 'Military and Families' Clearly Bogus and Designed to Hide the Truth(democrats.com)

One look at this survey and you just KNOW the results have been fudged. First, you find a whopping 62% of respondants say that Bush has failed to send enough troops to Iraq - the number one factor that has led to the present crisis. The poll also found that 42% said the National Guard and Reserve troops were not properly trained for Iraq . 51% to 8% said they opposed the Bush administration's decision to prevent the media from photographing the flag-draped coffins of men and women killed in Iraq." Yet we are then supposed to believe that 63% these same people also "approve" of the way Bush is handling the war and 64% believe the war was worth it? What we hear from REAL SOLDIERS is that their NUMBER ONE frustration is that the US public is not hearing the truth. This poll adds just one more nail in truth's coffin.

The survey found that 62 percent of 655 respondents said the Bush administration underestimated the number of troops needed for the Iraq war and its aftermath. Thirty-three percent said the Bush administration made a ``reasonable judgment'' on the troop level.

By a margin of 63 percent to 33 percent, military personnel and their families said they approved of the way Bush was handling the Iraq conflict, and by a 64 percent to 32 percent margin they said it was worth going to war. The U.S. had about 143,000 troops in Iraq in May 2003 and now has about 138,000.

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=arP3OhFnebME&refer=us

[Moderator]

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( I swear, despite the thread title)

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