From: "Mark" 

Then go out and buy your prayer mat Bob and don't look at any cartoons on
your way to the store, cause that's where we're headed with the help of the
peaceniks and press -- I doubt that we'll wake up even if we lose a dozen
major cities.

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:44065a12$1{at}w3....
>> Anything's possible Bob, but "these blogs" have been
consistent from the
>> get-go, it's Zogby (or that peace outfit) that is the outlier here.
>
> Zogby isn't an outlier either, there's have been similar stories all
> along. Not quite to that degree I'll grant you, but the discontent.....
> No clear mission is a *killer* for military moral.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "Mark"  wrote in message
news:440650f1$1{at}w3....
>> Anything's possible Bob, but "these blogs" have been
consistent from the
>> get-go, it's Zogby (or that peace outfit) that is the outlier here.
>>
>> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>> news:44064fec$1{at}w3....
>>> We don't truly know if these blogs are any more representative than the
>>> Zogby story unfortunately.  They could well be just plain military
>>> controlled propaganda. They've admitted doing the same to the Iraqi's,
>>> so I wouldn't be surprised if they're trying to win our hearts and minds
>>> under false pretenses too...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>> "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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