QandO Questions Jim Webb’s Accuracy
QandO posted an entry looking at Sen. Jim Webb’s recent statements about the alleged loss of support among the military for the war in Iraq.
He makes several good points about the weakness of the survey results in supporting what Webb contends.
One entry stuck out at me that I think mr. McQuaid missed:
Earlier in that day, while questioning LTG Petraeus, the newly confirmed commander in Iraq, he was a bit more specific on his point about military support:
“There was a poll in the Service Times fairly recently that showed a majority of the people in the military no longer support the approach of this administration in terms of how the war should be fought.” (emphasis mine)
Disagreeing with the approach one takes, and disagreeing with the results one wants are two different things. Webb claims it’s the latter, but the survey question as reported is about the approach.
One could also say that the President disagrees with the prior approach! He’s changing that as we speak!
This harks back to one of my earlierposts about strategy and goals
