Military Families Want Out--Of Iraq

by: Paul Rosenberg

Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 11:30:44 AM EST

LA Times: "Bush loses ground with military families: A majority disapprove of the president's handling of the war in Iraq and are more in line with the views of the general public."

It turns out that military families are only modestly less disenchanted than average Americans.

Why do military families hate America?

Q: All in all, do you think the situation in Iraq was worth going to war over or not?
All
respondents Households
with active
military/vets Households
with military
in Iraq/vets
Worth it 32 36 37
Not worth it 60 57 60
Don't know 9 7 3

Q: Should the United States withdraw troops from Iraq right wasy of should the U.S. begin bringing troops homw within the next year, or should troops stay in Iraq for as long as it takes to win the war?
All respondents Households with active military/vets Households with military in Iraq/vets
Bring home right away 23 21 27
Bring home within next year 41 37 42
Stay as long as it takes 29 35 26
Don't know 7 7 5

Q: Do you approve orf disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling the needs of active-dury troops, military families and veterans?
All respondents Households with active military/vets Households with military in Iraq/vets
Approve 29 35 42
Disapprove 57 53 49
Don't know 14 12 9

Q: What party do you trust to do a better job of handling issues relating to military families?
All respondents Households with active military/vets Households with military in Iraq/vets
Democrats 39 39 31
Republicans 31 35 42
Both/neither 19 17 19
Don't know 11 9 8

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Military Families Want Out--Of Iraq | 3 comments

Why does he still have 51 %??? (4.00 / 1)

I realize that most people in the military are conservative, and tend to back Republicans all the way, but given that we have lost so much over the war in Iraq how does he still have 51% of Iraq Vet households?(Disapprove:49%)
What is in their kool-aid??

A party that claims government can't work, can't possibly run a government that does work. --Daily Kos

by: bluethunder @ Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 10:56:54 AM CST

(A) He Doesn't, (B) Stockholm Syndrome (0.00 / 0)

First off, Bush doesan't have 51% of Iraq Vet households. He has 42%, with 9% uncertain.

Secondly, these are folks with their families in his hands. It's extremely terrifying to confront the reality that they are in the hands of a maniac.

This is the same basic psychological mechanism underlying the Stockholm Syndrome. People tend to identity with those who hold them hostage as a means of avoiding confronting the terror of the situation they find themselves in.

Of course, there is also the old standby of authoritarian obedience, which simply prevents folks from ever getting to the point of admitting a problem in the first place.

But that one we already knew about, right?

by: Paul Rosenberg @ Fri Dec 07, 2007 at 11:36:48 AM CST

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