From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Your blog link also said this

"I'm not going to challenge the chief pollster, Dr. John Zogby is a
well-respected academic whose work is trusted by folks who matter."




"Mark"  wrote in message news:44061574{at}w3....
> http://officersclub.blogspot.com/2006/02/somethings-not-right-here.html
> "Look, you can take Le Moyne College and John Zogby's word on it, and let
> them act as middleman between you and troops in Iraq, or you can go
> directly hundreds of troops in the Middle East via their individual blogs.
> I recommend milblogging.com, The Mudville Gazette, or Blackfive as a
> portal to getting to those guys. Don't be surprised when you find that
> what the troops say, and what Zogby says the troops are saying doesn't
> exactly match-up."
>
>
> "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote
> in message news:4405ffd8{at}w3....
>> Given all that we've heard from the Right about listening to the troops
>> etc.....
>>
>> http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0301/dailyUpdate.html
>>
>> "A large majority of US troops think the US should withdraw completely
>> from Iraq within a year. Stars and Stripes reports that the poll of 944
>> US troops in Iraq, conducted by Zogby International, found that only 23
>> percent of service members felt that the US should "stay as long as
>> needed." Although the poll, conducted in January and February of 2006,
>> was carried out without Pentagon approval, Zogby International said they
>> did have the approval of commanders in Iraq.
>>
>>    Of the 72 percent, 22 percent said troops should leave within the
>> next six months, and 29 percent said they should withdraw
"immediately."
>> Twenty-one percent said the US military presence should end within a
>> year; 5 percent weren't sure.
>>
>> The poll was funded by Le Moyne College's Center for Peace and Global
>> Studies, which received money for the project from an anonymous antiwar
>> activist. John Zogby, the president of Zogby International, said neither
>> the college nor the donor had imput on the content of the poll, or how
>> it was conducted. Of those surveyed, 75 percent had served multiple
>> tours in Iraq, 63 percent were under 30 years of age, and 25 percent
>> were women.
>>
>> One surprising finding in the poll is that 85 percent of those surveyed
>> believe that the US's main mission in Iraq is to retaliate against
>> Saddam Hussein for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Numerous
>> commissions and studies have been unable to find that Iraq played any
>> role in the 9/11 bombings."
>>
>> Adam
>
>

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