We know the polls are bad for Bush here in the states, but how do they fair
in the military world? Pretty much the same – bad news.

Support for President George W. Bush’s Iraq policy has fallen among the
US armed forces to just 54 percent from 63 percent a year ago, according to
a poll by the magazine group Military Times.

In its annual survey of the views of military personnel, the group
reported on its website that support for Bush’s overall policies dropped
over the past year to 60 percent from 71 percent.

While still significantly more supportive of the president than the broad
US population, the fall in support by military personnel tracks a similar
decline in the president’s popularity among the general public.

“Though support both for President Bush and for the war in Iraq remains
significantly higher than in the public as a whole, the drop is likely to
add further fuel to the heated debate over Iraq policy,” Military Times
said.

“In 2003 and 2004, supporters of the war in Iraq pointed to high approval
ratings in the Military Times poll as a signal that military members were
behind … the president’s policy.”

However, it said, the new poll “found diminished optimism that US goals
in Iraq can be accomplished, and a somewhat smaller drop in support for the
decision to go to war in 2003.”

[…]

Only 56 percent felt the US should have gone to war in Iraq, compared to
60 percent a year before.

And 64 percent felt the same about the Pentagon leadership, compared to
70 percent a year ago.

 

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Needless to say this is bad news for Bush even though the right will be sure
to spin this into good news. I haven’t been able to figure out how yet but I am
sure O’Reilly, Hannity and Limbaugh have their people working on a way.

An interesting response today to this poll on
Political Nutshell, a great
forum I am a member of:

I suppose you take a poll with the military you have, not the military
you want.

Great take on it from Skajules. You got to love when ever the
administration’s words can be used against them.