http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=89130

"A wide-ranging poll of US troops serving in Iraq made public yesterday found that 72 percent believe the United States should exit Iraq within a year. At the same time, 53 percent of the respondents said the number of US troops and bombing missions should be doubled to control the insurgency, according to the poll results. Le Moyne College and Zogby International conducted the survey at several locations inside Iraq, polling 944 soldiers in face-to-face encounters. The pollsters said the survey had a margin of error of 3.3 percent. It found that only 23 percent of those surveyed believe that US troops should stay in Iraq "as long as it takes," President George W. Bush's formulation for how long US forces will remain in the country."


I'm interested to see whether the first reaction will be to question the poll, question the pollsters, question the analysis or dismiss it all out of hand.

The statistic, "More than 80 percent of the respondents said they did not have a negative view of Iraqis because of insurgent attacks," is one I can see coming in for special attention from the my buddy's over there killing all the terrorists he can," brigade, whereas the "An overwhelming majority (85 percent) said the main US mission was "to retaliate for Saddam's role in the 9/11 attacks"," is one I can see being seized upon and argued over by people seeking to reinterpret the 9/11 commission's report.