Poll: Iraq and Afghanistan War Vets Say Military Is Overstretched, Underequipped
Poll: Iraq and Afghanistan War Vets Say Military Is Overstretched, Underequipped
VoteVets.org, a political advocacy group founded and funded by veterans, released the first-ever poll today of Iraq and Afghanistan vets. Respondents, most of whom were conservatives, delivered a shocking assessment of the equipment shortages and other hardships facing soldiers on the battlefield. Here are some key findings:
– 63 percent of all Iraq and Afghanistan veterans believe the Army and Marine Corps are overextended at this time. 67 percent of Army and Marine veterans believe their forces are overextended.
– 53 percent of respondents said they “did not always know who the enemy was” when they were engaged in the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.
– 42 percent of the veterans said their equipment was below the military standard of being 90 percent operational. 35 percent said their Humvees and trucks were not up-armored when they arrived in-country.
Click HERE to see a summary of the poll’s findings.
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This is a great group and their voice should be heard by all Americans. It might wake up a few people.
October 4th, 2006 at 7:09 pmWhat do they know? They are only the troops.
October 4th, 2006 at 7:15 pmBetter get out and buy some more car magnets…..yes, that’s the trick.
October 4th, 2006 at 7:15 pmAnother voice to be heard by the people. I sure hope they listen.
Emperor Bush invaded Afghanistan, but then pulled $100,000,000 out of that budget to plan his little invasion of Iraq.
Had Georgie Boy gotten UBL, he would have been doing his job.
Had Georgie Boy stabilized the Middle East, he would have been doing his job.
The Gay Emperor (remember Jeff Gannon) has neither. Some would say his is the most failed Presidency in US history.
October 4th, 2006 at 7:19 pmCut and run defeatist hollywood liberal wimps.
October 4th, 2006 at 7:21 pmKudos VoteVets!!
October 4th, 2006 at 7:22 pmWhy do the troops hate our troops?
October 4th, 2006 at 7:30 pm#5….yeah, what a bunch of cut-and-run, tax-and-spend, enemy-comforting, freedom-hating, Al Qaeda embolding, Osama bin Laden coddling, anti-pedophile, Hanoi Janes. (Did I forget any?)
October 4th, 2006 at 7:32 pm#7…ROTFLMAO!!
October 4th, 2006 at 7:32 pmBush states to Dumbsfeld, ” What, don’t these troops know they have to use the opinion we tell them they have? These troops arenot supporting the troops!!! Quick Call the cia, we need more black ops prisons.”
October 4th, 2006 at 7:38 pm#3. When in doubt, add another magnet.
Take a look at this, from the Asylum Street Spankers. I think you might get a kick out of it. (Just make sure you don’t have any young kids within ear shot!!)
October 4th, 2006 at 7:40 pmThey will say we are responsible because we don’t support the troops. Yea right! I’ve told every military person I see, I support the warfighter but not the politicians that send you on unlawful political missions.
October 4th, 2006 at 7:44 pmTIRED OF BUSH’S CRAP? LET’S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TOMORROW - OCTOBER 5T
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October 4th, 2006 at 7:52 pmComment #7 wins the thread.
October 4th, 2006 at 8:05 pmTo hear more about Iraq from the troops please visit
http://www.thegroundtruth.net/
and then find a way to see the movie.
Thanks.
October 4th, 2006 at 8:10 pmBill O’Reilly interviewed Bob Woodward about “State of Denial”. During the interview, O’Reilly, who claims to operate in the no-spin zone, stated that Bush should mislead the American people about the goals and the progress of the Iraq war.
I know there aren’t really any expectations of professionalism from him, but even as poor as the “journalism” skills of O’Reilly and others on Fox News are (not to mention many other news outlets), this is an incredible statement. Journalists are supposed to dig for the truth. If he wants to encourage people to lie, he should join a republican political campaign. Yeesh!
October 4th, 2006 at 8:30 pmHere’s a questions; of all the people who say they support the war in Iraq,
October 4th, 2006 at 9:04 pmhow many would be willing to send their sons and daughters to fight and
die there? Are there any poll numbers on this question?
Bill O’Lielly makes you physically sick doesn’t he? Say it loud, repeat it cause it’s sad but true, this administration and President are the worst in history.
Sad isn’t it.
October 4th, 2006 at 9:04 pmIf the troops are admitting to it, you know it must be bad.
October 4th, 2006 at 9:07 pm“53 percent of respondents said they did not always know who the enemy was.”
The enemies are the evildoers.
Evildoers!
It can’t get any clearer than that.
October 4th, 2006 at 9:19 pmHere are the results of a McClatchy/MSNBC poll of Pennsylvanians in which they asked what should be done in Iraq.
October 4th, 2006 at 9:31 pmEh, who cares what the soldiers on the ground say. I take my info from guys who dodged the draft in the 60s and 70s. They’re the ones to trust!
October 4th, 2006 at 9:34 pmAmerica’s Least Wanted
We apologize for this interruption, but the spam filter seems to be out of control. This is only a test….
October 4th, 2006 at 9:56 pm<fingers style=”crossed”>OK, let’s try the original post.</fingers>
October 4th, 2006 at 10:03 pmJC_GOW:
Don’t get me wrong…we’re on the same side…but, it is becoming increasingly clear that the first mistake was Afghanistan. That war had no more legitimacy than the Iraq conflict. The fact that it had popular support was simply the beginning of The Lie of 911.
More and more, I have been turning to sources outside the US for analysis, simply because there are too many delusional levels in any of the US media sources - liberal, conservative or WTF. This is to be expected with our syncretic political system where both sides of the aisle answer to the same bosses. Put another way, you gotta step out of the quagmire to see the mudhole for what it is.
October 4th, 2006 at 10:04 pm<eyes style=”crossed”>That was weird.<eyes>
October 4th, 2006 at 10:11 pmWhat - didn’t these guys get the memo?
October 4th, 2006 at 11:11 pmThey volunteered and are supposed to be satisfied and fulfilled in Iraq, and be quiet about what they experience.
Reality is something the Bush adminsitration just doesn’t appreciate.
Facts, honesty, critical thinking, foresight, intelligence — those are other things that Bush&Co don’t appreciate.
Bush can never repay the soldiers or their families for what he has done to them, but one day, I hope to see Bush “brought to justice.”
#22. budpaul. You take your info from Bill Clinton?
October 4th, 2006 at 11:44 pmHere’s something all of you should read: http://infowars.net/ articles/ October2006/ 031006faketerror.htm.
October 4th, 2006 at 11:52 pmAnd another good bit of information: http://www.infowars.com/ articles/ sept11/ what_the_media_hid_from_you_911_06.htm.
October 4th, 2006 at 11:54 pmI don’t know why my links are not working. Try this http://www.infowars.com/. Then just open the article on the top right of the 4 headlines.
October 4th, 2006 at 11:59 pm#28 paul
October 5th, 2006 at 12:02 amSometimes your ignorance is embarrassing.
Bush (AWOL) Cheney (”more important things to do”) Wolfowitz, Perle, Feith, Kristol (Neo-cons who were deferred).
Clinton DID get an education deferment, however, when he later did qualify for the draft, he drew a high number in the lottery.
#32, you are giving Paul way too much credit. His ignorance is ALWAYS embarrassing.
October 5th, 2006 at 1:34 amThe second question is redundant. Either sometimes you didn’t know who the enemy was or you didn’t always know who the enemy was.
October 5th, 2006 at 9:54 amSo what. You think the Bush administration cares about the military or what they think??
October 5th, 2006 at 10:39 amWhy do our fighting men and women and the facts hate America?
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