Parsing the Military Times Poll

I have been waiting for the Military Times poll to get the attention it deserves, but the so-called liberal media has been stunningly silent on the topic.

I'm not going to regurgitate the data. I defeated the subscription wall so you can read the actual Military Times article yourself. But while you are reading it and shaking your head in awe, keep the following in mind:

The demographics of Military Times subscribers are mostly active duty, and subscribers are pretty evenly split between officers and enlisted. The officer corp is a much smaller percentage of the service than the enlisted ranks. The officer corp is more far conservative and more likely to be registered Republicans; while the enlisted ranks are pretty representative of any cross-section of America. Those who subscribe to the Military Times Newspapers are most likely to be career Officers or NCO's who have received leadership training.

This makes the results of the poll even more interesting now, doesn't it? When you know who was answering the questions, the results are more meaningful, aren't they?

The poll is overwhelmingly a rejection of the presidents management of the war, not by the ground-pounders getting shot at, but by the career Officers and NCO's who are charged with leading.

There is simply no other way to interpret it.

You broke the military, George. Heckuva job.