Truth Check: 42% of our Active Duty Soldiers are against the Iraq War Policy

It is completely disingenuous to claim that only .04% of American troops are against the Iraq War. Since the comments don't seem to work over at the Baltimore Reporter, I will respond to the article here.

All one needs to do is look at the Military Times poll from Dec 2006. Now, I agree with the article at the Baltimore Reporter that the 60 minutes piece may paint a more negative troop outlook than is the reality, but claiming that only .04% of American troops are disagree with the war and the war policy is just as misleading, if not more.

Just look:

1) Are you on active duty?

NOTE: Only active-duty responses were counted in remaining results.
Yes
100%
No
0%

10) Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling the situation with Iraq?
Approve
35%
Disapprove
42%
No opinion
10%
Decline to answer
12%

11) Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Approve
52%
Disapprove
31%
No opinion
6%
Decline to answer
10%

12) Do you consider the war in Iraq to be part of the war on terrorism that began Sept. 11, 2001, or do you consider it to be an entirely separate military action?
Part of the war on terrorism
47%
Separate military action
47%
No opinion
5%

The active duty military is even more evenly divided on Iraq than the American Public. Recent polls show American's disapproval for escalation is at 63% (which I admit is down from 70% a month ago).

Article's like the one linked earlier have one main goal, to silence dissenting opinions by making them look "out of the mainstream." The problem Curt from Flopping Aces, has is that he ignores the truth. Opposition to the Iraq War and the President's escalation policy are widespread in the public sphere and growing in the military one. The more difficult opposition becomes to ignore, the louder and bolder the lies become.