Military Times poll: Troops backing McCain

AlexdeLarge

God Bless our Men and Women in Uniform! Those who protect our freedom know who to trust!!!!

Military Poll : Massive support for McCain
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WyoDutch

Not that I think a "military" voters' opinion is worth any more than say... that of a boilermaker or pipefitter... But having said that, McCain is their (military) second choice... When Ron Paul was in the race, he was the favorite.

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lawnchair · Intermediate Crude Joined: Oct 20, 2004 Posts: 762

dinopello

The methodology wasn't exactly (or even approximately) scientific.

The "Military Times" series of pubs - Air Force Times, Army Times etc it should be noted are not government publications but owned by Gannett family (USA Today etc). Robert Gannett is a staunch republican and supported John McCain for president in 2000 and in throughout the most recent primary.

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Zel · Coal Joined: Jun 22, 2008 Posts: 18

My ex is enlisted military and he hasn't met anyone yet who supports McCain. Also, while in uniform, they are not allowed to publicly express a political opinion. Just saying.

Ferretlover

HHHmmm... How do we know that the poll was done in a neutral manner, the scores were accurately recorded and that the results were accurately reported?
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Heineken

Why is this "news"?

Troops are more likely to keep their jobs under McCain---waging endless war WE CANNOT AFFORD.
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Aimrehtopyh

The very few active duty military men I talk to these days are propaganda victims pure and simple. Smart, principled men who have just been flooded with misinformation, veiled racism and religion-flavored nationalism.

This is to be expected. Nobody wants a trigger finger that thinks for itself.
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jbrovont · Intermediate Crude Joined: Jun 16, 2006 Posts: 634

The rate of suicide among vetrans of Iraq and Afghanistan is now larger than all of the rest of the population of The United States.

Alex mentioned the support of McCain among troops, and someone else brought up the way troops are subjected to psychological break-down techniques designed to promote loyalty. You can easily google studies showing hightened depression and other forms of dystopia among returning soldiers.

I haven't seen any specific side-by-sides of these symptoms, but they're not unlike people who are ejected or removed from a cult without deprogramming psychotherapy.

Food for thought.

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jbrovont · Intermediate Crude Joined: Jun 16, 2006 Posts: 634

I strongly suspect it has to do with having killed people, and seen people dying on a personal level. Humans have a natural aversion to killing, and on top of that, our society places a value on life. A soldier is programmed to overcome this, but outside of the military strucutre and stress situation, they become free to reflect on their actions. Add to that the doubt cast on whether the US should even have troops there, or if we should have gone there, and that's a huge emotional burdon - to have killed for reasons that are not clear or understood.