Americans Trust the Military to End War

[Rose Siding]

The poll found that both Congress, whose approval rating now stands at its lowest level since Democrats took control from the Republicans last year, and Mr. Bush enter the debate with little public confidence in their ability to deal with Iraq. Only 5 percent of Americans — a strikingly low number for a sitting president’s handling of such a dominant issue — said they most trusted the Bush administration to resolve the war, the poll found. Asked to choose among the administration, Congress and military commanders, 21 percent said they would most trust Congress and 68 percent expressed most trust in military commanders.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/washington/10poll.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Isn't that a little like trusting oil companies to end global warming? Or like trusting McDonald's to end childhood obesity?

[treestar]

1. It's saying they want to "win"

Bad news. They only disapprove of Bushco for failure to "win." And just how did they expect Congress to "win?" That would make it the right decision to continue to fund the war - if they failed, that would mean they weren't trying to "win."

[Rose Siding]

2. Another creepy bit of the poll- 27% of *Democrats* think Saddam was linked to 9-11

Six in 10 Americans said in the poll that administration officials deliberately misled the public in making a case for the war; 33 percent of all Americans, including 40 percent of Republicans and 27 percent of Democrats, say Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

[atreides1]

4. It's saying they don't mind killing at any cost!!!

Trusting the military to stop the war is like pouring gasoline on a fire, and expecting it to stop burning.

There is no winnable solution to this, unless the US military follows the Roman formula by killing or removing the Iraqi population and replacing it with those Americans who completely support the war and trust the military to stop it!

[tanyev]

3. I would trust quite a few of the commanders that Bush has fired

because they were not saying what he wanted to hear. Unfortunately, there's not much they can do to end the war after they've been fired.

[madrchsod]

5. phone polls?

a relic of the past. is`nt about time to rethink "phone polls" in the age of cell phones,internet,and caller id?