How do soldiers feel that almost 75% of Americans do not beleive in the mission in Iraq and want it to end NOW

Answer 1

That the president LISTENS to the American people that ELECTED him........

.......my bad ....he stole the election

Answer 2

I don't think your statistics are right. I think you might want to check this out. The PEW center is the leading non-partisan survey group headed by both democratic and republican officials.

http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=373

As you can see, about half of Americans want to bring the troops home. Also, half of the Americans believe that the mission in Iraq will succeed. These stats really has nothing to do with my job. My job is to find my enemies and destroy them so I could protect both my own forces and the civilians caught in this unfortunate war. National debate really doesn't come into play when you are at a Tactical Operations Center monitoring on-going missions and making sure your guys come back alive. Do I want to be in Iraq getting shot at? No, I prefer to be back home, but if the commander in chief, regardless of party or political views, gives me a legal order to execute a mission, then I would do it.

Answer 3

What source states that 75% of Americans do not believe in our Mission in Iraq? I don't agree with this % at all. The media and politicians slant information to fit thier agenda. If you poll all the Democrats in office or aspiring to office, than your number may be correct.
With that said, anyone in the service should feel supported by their countrymen. They need to know that their sacrifices are appreciated and honored. If they are willing to lay down their lives, they need to know they will be respected and honored for that sacrifice by an appreciative nation.
The Vietnam Vets can tell you how it felt to be cursed, spit on and denegrated by people back home. It was horrible and some of them have never recovered from that situation.
You don't have to agree with the war or the politicians, but you have to support our troops in their mission. They are putting their lives on hold and on the line, so you don't have to worry about a suicide bomber in the mall today.
God Bless America and God Bless our troops everywhere they serve.

Answer 4

You obviously have never been in the miltary.
Show me one soldier in WWi, WWI, Korea, Nam or iraq,who did not want it to end NOW and and at one time or other.,questioned the mission??
Probably none.
Just because a soldier complains, doesn't mean he won't do his job and follow orders and stick up for what is right.

Answer 5

Its their job and its their duty. Soldiers are not immune to public opinion but they are more mission and individual unit oriented. I know ive been there [not iraq though] you get a sense of tunnel vision and a certain focus sets in about survival. The survival of your buddies and your unit and ultimately of yourself. It really has little to do with fighting for democracy or the USA either. You really dont have much time to "focus" on public sentiment because it has no real place on the battlefield. If you had experience in combat then you would know what the saying "there are no athiests in foxholes" really means.

Answer 6

other than your opinion, do you have any facts to back that statement up?
my findings are somewhat different than yours and i will post my sources.
Some 48 percent of Americans now believe that the US ­military effort in Iraq is going well, compared with 30 percent in February, according to the latest poll by the Pew Research Center.

The improved public perception coincides with the military's reporting of a significant decline in attacks against it, particularly since June when the five combat brigades that made up the surge had arrived. While 575 US soldiers lost their lives in the first half of 2007, the total since the beginning of July is fewer than 300.

Answer 7

When I was in during Vietnam, I didn't give a crap. According to my son, they feel the same way as I did.

I did a search on your 75% figure. Could you provide a source or did you simply make it up?

Answer 8

how would you figure this out does somebody go around all over iraq and ask these questions to every soldier they meet

Answer 9

i think of, while the army adult adult males assisting the country , whilst the country studies the national Calamities , which includes Flooding, Earthquake and considerable disaster of the character, i think pleased with Them. yet, whilst they're Killing the different us of a adult adult males interior the call of Border Patrol, i'm not delighted with the army.

Answer 10

I think most soldiers know that the mission is necessary regardless of the image that the media would like to portray. They have to overlook the ignorance of the minority.

Answer 11

First, that statistic simply isn't true.

Second, most of us really don't give much credence to the vast majority of Americans who are out of touch with the job we are doing FOR THEM.