Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>what do 76 percent of soldiers in Iraq think?<<<


The point both you and hap miss or ignore is what 76% of americans base their wish to end the war on. It's not tabloid headlines or too much blood and gore and not enough good Iraqi news by the liberal press. It's the war doing its own talking in various ways.

Some statistics can't be spun either way no matter who's reporting. 4 years now, 100+ US troops still killed every month and still the lingering question of what they actually died for except obeying orders to save face for George Bush.

How many high ranking military men have come forward saying this is madness and how many have actually retired just so they could speak their mind and speak the truth? Same exact scenario at the CIA where even George Tenet has started to confess before he's too old and it's too late.

Thing to remember is that the average citizen likes to keep things simple. "One thing at at a time please or I'll lose my bearings". That's how Bush kept support for the war up as long as he did. Scary headlines blurred the big picture but 4 years later even the one-thing-at-a-time type has had enough time to assemble a broader view and he doesn't like what he sees. When that many people have taken that long to form an opinion they have stuck with for almost 6 months now you can't pass it off as just another number. But then......you probably can......for your own benefit.