BUSH IS LOSING THE MILITARY

Military shares public's declining support for Bush war
10/28/2005
Associated Press
More than half the North Carolina military members surveyed in the latest Elon University poll don't like the way President Bush is handling his job and the war in Iraq.
The survey results were released today.
Of the 539 adults surveyed, nearly 53 percent of military members said they strongly disapproved or disapproved of Bush's handling of his job. And 56 percent of that same group said they strongly disapproved or disapproved of his handling of the Iraq war.
Overall, slightly more than 53 percent of those surveyed did not approve of Bush's job performance, while 57 percent didn't approve of his handling of the Iraq war.
The telephone poll was conducted between Monday and Thursday and has a margin of error for the entire sample of plus or minus four-point-three percentage points.

And this has been building up for a while:

About 43% of National Guardsmen returning from deployments in Iraq said they intend to leave when their contracts are up, according to the survey of 11,000 returning Guardsmen.
As Ranks Dwindle In a Reserve Unit, Army's Woes Mount:After Tours in Two War Zones, Many in 211th Are Fed Up; Tough Sell for Recruiters, WSJ, 8/4/04

A LONG while:

A BIG LETDOWN - U.S. TROOPS TIRED OF ADMINISTRATION LIES
JEFFREY KOFMAN
ABC NEWS.COM
7.17.03
FALLUJAH, Iraq, July 15- The sergeant at the 2nd Battle Combat Team Headquarters pulled me aside in the corridor. "I've got my own 'Most Wanted' list," he told me. He was referring to the deck of cards the U.S. government published, featuring Saddam Hussein, his sons and other wanted members of the former Iraqi regime.

"The aces in my deck are Paul Bremer, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush and Paul Wolfowitz," he said.

He was referring to the four men who are running U.S. policy here in Iraq - the four men who are ultimately responsible for the fate of U.S. troops here.