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Support for Bush Drops among US Military: Poll
Mon Jan 2, 8:22 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - 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."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usbushmilitarypoll;_ylt=ArmJaD.dzAammx.rWyN1MEMDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[Hater Depot]

I have to say that one thing I really admire about Bush is that he is our best dressed President since Kennedy, and in black tie, since Roosevelt. I think that is something we all of us, left, right, center, and utterly whacked-out batsh!t insane, can agree upon.

[igotthisguitar]

US Rep. Murtha says he wouldn't join military now
Mon Jan 2,11:20 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), a key Democratic voice who favors pulling U.S. troops from Iraq, said in remarks airing on Monday that he would not join the U.S. military today.



A decorated Vietnam combat veteran who retired as a colonel after 37 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, Murtha told ABC News' "Nightline" program that Iraq "absolutely" was a wrong war for President George W. Bush to have launched.

"Would you join (the military) today?," he was asked in an interview taped on Friday.

"No," replied Murtha of Pennsylvania, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives subcommittee that oversees defense spending and one of his party's leading spokesmen on military issues.

"And I think you're saying the average guy out there who's considering recruitment is justified in saying 'I don't want to serve'," the interviewer continued.

"Exactly right," said Murtha, who drew White House ire in November after becoming the first ranking Democrat to push for a pullout of U.S. forces from Iraq as soon as it could be done safely.

At the time, White House spokesman Scott McClellan equated Murtha's position with surrendering to terrorists.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_usa_murtha_dc;_ylt=AgMzfL3w81elzS7RH.zI5mEDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[Ya-ta Boy]

I thought his ratings in the military were even lower.

[EFLtrainer]

Given that it is illegal for active duty personnel to ciriticize the prez, this poll would seem likely to be less accurate than the typical 3 - 5% error in a typical poll.