Comments on: Zogby Polls American Troops In Iraq http://nmallory.exit-23.net/20060228/zogby-polls-american-troops-in-iraq & Other Discombobulated Thoughts Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:38:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Big Dog http://nmallory.exit-23.net/20060228/zogby-polls-american-troops-in-iraq#comment-1609 Big Dog Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:20:04 +0000 http://nmallory.exit-23.net/20060228/zogby-polls-american-troops-in-iraq#comment-1609 I will not say the poll is skewed but I will say it is biased. This is from the poll. The survey shows that most U.S. military personnel in-country have a clear sense of right and wrong when it comes to using banned weapons against the enemy, and in interrogation of prisoners. Four in five said they oppose the use of such internationally banned weapons as napalm and white phosphorous. And, even as more photos of prisoner abuse in Iraq surface around the world, 55% said it is not appropriate or standard military conduct to use harsh and threatening methods against insurgent prisoners in order to gain information of military value. White phosphorous is not a banned weapon. The US is not a signatore to the treaty and the use of these weapons is allowed per our laws and in accordance with the treaty that we did not ratify. To ask a question that poses the weapons as banned is biased. This information is readily available and the treaty and provisions are on the internet. I posted extensively about this when the moonbat blogs came out with their misinformed stories about banned weapons. The poll is what it is but the question is, who did they ask. If you ask a private you will get a different answer than if you ask a sergeant or an officer. Were they first termers or career soldiers? These questions and the audience will give different results. I will not say the poll is skewed but I will say it is biased. This is from the poll.
The survey shows that most U.S. military personnel in-country have a clear sense of right and wrong when it comes to using banned weapons against the enemy, and in interrogation of prisoners. Four in five said they oppose the use of such internationally banned weapons as napalm and white phosphorous. And, even as more photos of prisoner abuse in Iraq surface around the world, 55% said it is not appropriate or standard military conduct to use harsh and threatening methods against insurgent prisoners in order to gain information of military value.

White phosphorous is not a banned weapon. The US is not a signatore to the treaty and the use of these weapons is allowed per our laws and in accordance with the treaty that we did not ratify. To ask a question that poses the weapons as banned is biased. This information is readily available and the treaty and provisions are on the internet.

I posted extensively about this when the moonbat blogs came out with their misinformed stories about banned weapons.

The poll is what it is but the question is, who did they ask. If you ask a private you will get a different answer than if you ask a sergeant or an officer. Were they first termers or career soldiers? These questions and the audience will give different results.

]]> By: n. mallory http://nmallory.exit-23.net/20060228/zogby-polls-american-troops-in-iraq#comment-1611 n. mallory Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:40:09 +0000 http://nmallory.exit-23.net/20060228/zogby-polls-american-troops-in-iraq#comment-1611 In answer to your question as to who was asked: <blockquote> Three quarters of the troops had served multiple tours and had a longer exposure to the conflict: 26% were on their first tour of duty, 45% were on their second tour, and 29% were in Iraq for a third time or more. Three of every four were male respondents, with 63% under the age of 30. </blockquote> In answer to your question as to who was asked:

Three quarters of the troops had served multiple tours and had a longer exposure to the conflict: 26% were on their first tour of duty, 45% were on their second tour, and 29% were in Iraq for a third time or more.

Three of every four were male respondents, with 63% under the age of 30.

]]> By: NGB http://nmallory.exit-23.net/20060228/zogby-polls-american-troops-in-iraq#comment-18300 NGB Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:07:30 +0000 http://nmallory.exit-23.net/20060228/zogby-polls-american-troops-in-iraq#comment-18300 Interesting figures! I can use these figures in my essay against the War In Iraq for school. Thanks! Interesting figures! I can use these figures in my essay against the War In Iraq for school. Thanks!

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