Yikes! W only has 54% in the MILITARY???

[underpants]

Did we ever actually find out how the military supposedly voted in 2004? I believe (unblieveably) that the votes were actually counted BY the Pentagon and then reported to the states for their tallies.

Anyway-if you missed it, I did- here is the article from yesterday. 54%?????


Support for Bush drops among US military: poll
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060102/pl_afp/usbushmilitarypoll_060102234337

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Support for President George W. Bush's Iraq policy has fallen among the US armed forces to just 54 percent from 63 percent a year ago, according to a poll by the magazine group Military Times.

In its annual survey of the views of military personnel, the group reported on its website that support for Bush's overall policies dropped over the past year to 60 percent from 71 percent.

While still significantly more supportive of the president than the broad US population, the fall in support by military personnel tracks a similar decline in the president's popularity among the general public.

Military Times, which publishes popular magazines for each of the US military branches including Army Times and Navy Times, cautioned that its poll, of 1,215 active-duty servicemen, is not necessarily representative of the military as a whole.

The respondents were "on average older, more experienced, more likely to be officers and more career-oriented than the military population."

[Atman]

1. 5% more and they're on OUR side!

drip drip drip

[harlinchi]

2. That's true. I hope we already are on theirs! n/t

[Demeter]

3. Query: How Much of the Military Has Seen Action In Iraq, Afghanistan?

There might be some correlation between those who are fed up and those who have experience.

[underpants]

4. I'd guess about 25-30%

That is just a guess.