Should we pull out now?
Sometimes I get upset about the way the media reports things. I have a hard time believing their polls and quotes and so on. I would love to know which troops Zogby interviewed to get these results:
I conducted my own informal survey of random people I work with daily. You can hear the results for yourself, uncensored and spin free. They differ significantly from Zogby’s findings. I have no idea what he had to do to scrounge up his numbers. He certainly didn’t call those soldiers during their family dinner hour. Anyway, hear for yourself what some people on the ground think about pulling out now.
I am not confused about why I am here. Read a few previous entries in this blog if you doubt me. I conducted my poll mainly to retaliate for biased reporting from silly people with an agenda that baffles me.
In the long run, it doesn’t matter what American troops favor anyhow. We aren’t the elected decision makers for national security policy, we just carry it out. If what we’re told to do is moral and lawful, we do it. Most of us, I think, believe what we’re doing in Iraq is both lawful and moral, so we do it, even when we are having a bad hair day.
By the way, decent human beings working together to make Iraq a better place rescued the remaining Christian “Peacekeepers” who were being held hostage.
Another one those biased polls. yawn
I prefer to actually listen to the unpolled, unbiased voices, of those on the ground.
Thanks Trevor.
If you find out who they polled or where they found them, please let us know. It seems to be the big question.
The mainstream Press seems to “seek out” the disgruntled folks and that is what you hear when they “on the street” interviews in the SWA AOR.
It seems that you never will hear the varied opinions like trevor presented in a “media” type interview
Well I am one of those people who take the Zogby poll. Instead of complaining about them, go to the website and join up so you can be PART of the solution, instead of just ignoring what more than half of the Country is saying.
Magellan,
Sorry, I care more about common sense than I do about poll results. Zogby is clearly biased, and his polls are targeted to show the results he wants them to show.
Besides which, I believe in a representative republic and not democracy. People should understand the difference between the two forms of government. Polls are interesting and that’s about it. They shouldn’t determine public policy.
A Guy in the Army (http://aguyinthearmy.blogspot.com/2006/03/zogbys-bogus-poll-on-us-military-in.html#comments) had a good take on the Zogby poll. He points out that the questions were of the “when did you stop beating your wife?” variety.
Mark Blumenthal, a Democratic polster, has pointed out that the Zogby poll was not based on a random probability sample and agreed with critcism of the questions. Be sure to tell the folks in the field that no one outside the fringe ever believed the Zogby poll.
Read A Guy in the Army’s take on the Zogby poll @ http://aguyinthearmy.blogspot.com/2006/03/zogbys-bogus-poll-on-us-military-in.html. This should everyone have a better understanding of the types of questions asked; for example, they were asked if they wanted to pull out now or stay forever. I think we can all agree we’d like to have the troops return at some time rather than stay forever – but there was no in between answer. I’m always very suspect of polls – I’d rather hear the actual voices of people who are affected. Just as you have done above… this answers more questions than any poll.
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