US troops in Iraq want American exit

[Scurvy]

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

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.

[Vladimir]

I for one am totally shocked that American soldiers would rather be safe at home with their loved ones than in a foreign, hostile land. Shocked I tell you!

[Fragony]

Hmmmmm, being in a hostile enviroment in the middle of the desert, or shagging the wife at home, must be a very hard question for the soldiers.

[Tribesman]

That poll must be really biased and selective , how on earth can there be that many idiots who still think Saddam had something to do with 9/11 .

[KukriKhan]

More details on the poll, and relevant numbers, here:
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075
the pollster's site.

If you want the actual questions asked, and exec summary, it'll set you back $19.99.

The major news services love this guy Zogby - he calls elections world-wide to within 1% of the actual result.

[Redleg]

More details on the poll, and relevant numbers, here:
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075
the pollster's site.

If you want the actual questions asked, and exec summary, it'll set you back $19.99.

The major news services love this guy Zogby - he calls elections world-wide to within 1% of the actual result.

Interesting read KukiKhan, shows some aspects that most media stories will not cover. This to me is the most interesting of the data.

The continuing insurgent attacks have not turned U.S. troops against the Iraqi population, the survey shows. More than 80% said they did not hold a negative view of Iraqis because of those attacks. About two in five see the insurgency as being comprised of discontented Sunnis with very few non-Iraqi helpers. “There appears to be confusion on this,” Zogby said. But, he noted, less than a third think that if non-Iraqi terrorists could be prevented from crossing the border into Iraq, the insurgency would end. A majority of troops (53%) said the U.S. should double both the number of troops and bombing missions in order to control the insurgency.