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Military Notebook: Support for Obama weak in troop poll
Macon Sun-Times (GA) ^ | April 18, 2010 | THOMAS L. DAY

Posted on 04/18/2010 8:08:21 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Results released last week of a survey of military service members, conducted by Military Times, showed weak support for President Obama among the troops he commands.

Just 36 percent of the service members who were surveyed approve of Obama’s handling of the war in Afghanistan, well below the general public’s approval of Obama’s performance in Afghanistan.

Nearly half of the active duty service members in the survey called themselves conservative, while only 8 percent called themselves liberal.

Only 12 percent of service members surveyed by the Military Times identified themselves as Democrats, compared with 41 percent who identified themselves as Republicans.

Of note is how many troops don’t identify themselves with either party. A similar survey conducted in 2004 showed that 60 percent of military service members identified themselves as Republicans, with 12 percent calling themselves Democrats.

(Excerpt) Read more at macon.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010polls; bhodod; bhojobapproval; militarypoll; militaryvote; obama
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To: RockyMtnMan
Could it be that people are starting to see the man for his policies instead of his race?

By the stupid and the insane and the incompetent perhaps.

Mentally healthy people are aware that "Change you can believe in" is meaningless...

Just saying.

21 posted on 04/18/2010 11:50:55 AM PDT by Publius6961 (10% of muslims, the killer murdering radicals, are "only" 140,000,000 of 'em)
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To: dagogo redux
Declare war, name the enemy, destroy them quickly and totally, and then come home. Let them rebuild their own hellhole homeland if they want to. Make them wish they never messed with us, and make them incapable of ever doing it again for many generations.

Read the academic books by Victor Davis Hanson, about the "Western Way of War," and what made it unique and effective. for milennia.

Wishy-washy-PC-crap it never was.

22 posted on 04/18/2010 12:00:01 PM PDT by Publius6961 (10% of muslims, the killer murdering radicals, are "only" 140,000,000 of 'em)
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To: douginthearmy

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Islam sure as hell is out to defeat us.


23 posted on 04/18/2010 12:12:08 PM PDT by Touch Not the Cat (Where is the light? Wonder if it's weeping somewhere...)
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To: dagogo redux

It’s a reasonable rant. And while I do appreciate your service, I understand your ambivalence about it, and completely agree with the idea of getting back to the “American way of war” that we seem to have lost in the post-WWII era.

Bush did us no favors with his “it’s a religion of peace” crap.


24 posted on 04/18/2010 4:39:57 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (No Representation without Taxation!)
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To: FreedomPoster

There is no such thing as the “American way of war.”


25 posted on 04/18/2010 4:49:17 PM PDT by verity (Obama Lies)
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To: verity

Right.


26 posted on 04/18/2010 5:30:20 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (No Representation without Taxation!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

save


27 posted on 04/18/2010 5:49:04 PM PDT by phockthis
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To: FreedomPoster
In the event you wish an initiation to facts:

Low-intensity conflict is defined by the US Army as: ... a political-military confrontation between contending states or groups below conventional war and above the routine, peaceful competition among states.

It frequently involves protracted struggles of competing principles and ideologies. Low-intensity conflict ranges from subversion to the use of the armed forces. It is waged by a combination of means, employing political, economic, informational, and military instruments. Low-intensity conflicts are often localized, generally in the Third World, but contain regional and global security implications."

28 posted on 04/19/2010 5:43:09 AM PDT by verity (Obama Lies)
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