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Read the new poll closely: US troops want out of Iraq and don't even know why they're there

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Tuesday, 28 February 2006

Pretty amazing how f'd up this poll of the troops shows Bush's war really is. Absolutely amazing. A lot of people are noticing this:

No less than 72 percent said U.S. troops should stay no longer than one year in Iraq.

But what about this? While our troops at least know enough not to believe some of the bullshit --

[T]hree in four soldiers said ‘'establish(ing) a democracy that could be a model for the Arab world'' -- the justification most recently cited by Bush -- was neither the ‘'main'' nor even a ‘'major reason'' for the U.S. intervention.

More than 90 percent also did not accept the justification most cited by the administration before the war -- to enforce U.N. resolutions requiring the destruction or removal of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) from Iraq.

-- the two main reasons they still seem to believe were completely discredited years ago:

Remarkably, the two justifications most frequently mentioned by the troops were those that were discredited after the invasion. Forty-one percent said stopping ‘'Saddam from protecting al Qaeda in Iraq'' was the ‘'main reason,'' while another 36 percent said it was a ‘'major reason.'' At the same time, 35 percent said ‘'retaliat(ing) for Saddam's role in the 9/11 attacks'' was the ‘'main reason'', and 50 percent called it a ‘'major reason.''

Where the hell are they getting their information? Imagine Vietnam soldiers thinking they were there to keep Hanoi from protecting Cuba, or to avenge the sinking of the U.S. Maine.

Wow.