check out the front page above the fold in the Arizona Republic

[NMDemDist2]

in my red RW fish wrap! amazing!

Troops support withdrawal
Poll: Most want out of Iraq within a year

Drew Brown
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Mar. 1, 2006 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON - Nearly three out of four American troops serving in Iraq think U.S. forces should withdraw within a year, and more than one in four say the United States should leave immediately, according to a poll published Tuesday.

The poll, conducted by Zogby International and the Center for Peace and Global Studies at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., is a rare effort to determine the views of American troops serving in a ground war.

Twenty-nine percent of the troops surveyed said U.S. forces should leave Iraq immediately, an additional 22 percent said they should leave within the next six months, and 21 percent said within six to 12 months. Twenty-three percent agreed with President Bush's call for troops to stay "as long as they are needed," and 5 percent were unsure........ snip


Other main findings from the survey:


• 85 percent of those surveyed believed that the war was "to retaliate for Saddam's role in the 9/11 attacks," although the 9/11 commission in 2004 found "no credible evidence" that Iraq had cooperated with al-Qaida in the attacks.


• 68 percent believed that the real reason for the war was to remove Saddam Hussein from power.


• 58 percent said the current mission was clear, and 42 percent said it was unclear.


• About two in five saw the Iraqi insurgency as mostly homegrown, with little foreign involvement.


• 53 percent said the United States should double the number of troops and bombing missions to control the insurgency.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0301iraq-poll0301.html

[GetTheRightVote]

1. It is about time they report the true feelings of the troops not lies !!

:kick:

[PsN2Wind]

2. Funny, here in Baja Az

The Tucson paper put it on page A10.

[NMDemDist2]

3. but you guys are MUCH more progressive than PHX n/t

[PsN2Wind]

4. At least that's the rumor

but one of our largest and best paying employers, Raytheon, is in the death and destruction business.

[NMDemDist2]

5. well there is that.....n/t

[Lochloosa]

6. I almost fell out of my chair this morning. The same thing

in the Florida Times Union in Jacksonville, FL. Right wing Rag of a paper and it was above the fold.

Then again, we do have two Navy bases here and a sub base 50 miles from here.

[NMDemDist2]

7. hopefully it's gonna give all the "yellow ribbon patriots" permission

to question the @sshole in chief? dare I hope?

be still, my beating heart..............

[Wheezy]

8. Wow!

We get the East Valley Trib and I was glad to see it on the bottom of the front page. Hard to believe the AZ Republic wouldn't bury that story. Yay!

[NMDemDist2]

9. yup, hubby called me from work and told me

what a hoot it was, he was just chortling :evilgrin:

[Kurovski]

10. I can just hear the hopeless Freeptards now:

"Look what happened because Clinton weakened and demoralized the military for all them years!!!"

"The Democrat lies turned them into cut-and-runners!!!"

"Lie-beral schools made 'em soft!!!"

...and other such deluded and deranged cries rising from their self-loathing and untreated insanity.

[salin]

11. that thought went through my mind as well...

so are the freepers going to tag the majority of those serving their country in Iraq - those risking their lives on orders of their country - a bunch of traitors?

[Kurovski]

12. Only inasmuch as they might believe it to be the Liberals' fault.

The mind of a Freeptard is a fascinating mix of denial, magical thinking, and bastardized language skills.

Edit: Hi, salin! :hi:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

13. Why oh why do our soldiers hate America?

[Kurovski]

14. It's Clinton's fault.

And the liberal press.

Ain't it AWFUL?