Most U.S. troops in Iraq support withdrawal

Most U.S. troops in Iraq support withdrawal

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 new poll published Tuesday.

That's nice, but who the hell cares what our troops think? Their purpose is to follow orders, not have an opinion. If they do have an opinion, they can keep it to themselves, because their opinion doesn't matter, it counts for nothing.

David Segal, a military sociologist at the University of Maryland, said that while most service members were more conservative than society as a whole, it wasn't surprising to see them reflect attitudes similar to civilians, who increasingly oppose the war.

Those views aren't necessarily an indication that troops are losing faith in the war, Segal said.

"One could argue that troops are saying, `Hey, we've accomplished a great deal. It's time to get out,' which is what you hear a lot of people in Washington saying," he said.

Wew, that fascist nazi just said a mouthful. Where do I start?

First off, we're not at war. Duh. WE ARE NOT AT WAR. We can't win or lose a war that we're not in. That plain simple fact negates most of what this Bushist has to say.

Also, what did we accomplish? Is killing innocent people an accomplishment? Is creating a civil war an accomplishment? Is destroying a sovereign country for no reason an accomplishment? I would like to see a list of our so-called accomplishments. Of course you'll never see such a list, because we would need to actually accomplish something for there to be a list.

A different nazi jackass chimes in:

"The poll's findings certainly aren't reflective of the attitudes we see displayed by the majority of troops, who are performing in a remarkable manner in a combat situation far from home," said Lt. Col. Barry Venable, a Pentagon spokesman.

Yah um, yes they are actually. Three-quarters is certainly a majority, is it not? That's a little trick I call math. Also, which part of what our troops are doing is remarkable? Is it the way we torture innocent people? Or is it the way we indiscriminately bomb civilians? Is it the last few weddings we blew up or the entire cities that we destroyed? Is it the way we use chemical weapons like white phosphorus? What?

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.

Wow that's scarey as all fuck, isn't it? Who told the troops that Saddam had anything to do with September 11th, when everyone in the world knows that he didn't? Oh yah, our government did. Nice work.