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 Published:
 Dec. 29, 2006
 

Iraq, Afghanistan and President Bush

1) Are you on active duty?

NOTE: Only active-duty responses were counted in remaining results.

Yes
  100%
No
0%

2) Service branch:

Army
46%
Navy
21%
Air Force
23%
Marine Corps.
9%
Coast Guard
1%
No response
0%

3) How many times have you deployed to Iraq?

Once
32%
Twice
12%
Three times
3%
More than three times
3%
Never/no response
50%

4) How many times have you deployed to Afghanistan?

Once
12%
Twice
1%
Three times
0%
More than three times
0%
Never/no response
85%

5) In total, I have deployed in support of the war in Afghanistan and/or Iraq for:

Less than 2 months
3%
3-6 months
17%
7-12 months
25%
13-18 months
11%
19 or more months
9%
Haven't deployed/no response
34%

6) Should the U.S. have gone to war in Iraq?

Yes
41%
No
37%
No opinion/no answer
9%
Decline to answer/no answer
11%

7) Regardless of whether you think the U.S. should have gone to war, how likely is the U.S. to succeed?

Very likely to succeed
13%
Somewhat likely to succeed
37%
Not very likely to succeed
31%
Not at all likely to succeed
10%
No opinion/no answer
8%

8) How soon do you think the Iraqi military will be ready to replace large numbers of American troops?

Less than a year
2%
1-2 years
20%
3-5 years
36%
5-10 years
22%
More than 10 years
12%
No opinion/no answer
7%

9) How long do you think the U.S. will need to stay in Iraq to reach its goals?

Less than a year
2%
1-2 years
8%
3-5 years
26%
5-10 years
31%
More than 10 years
23%
No opinion/no answer
8%

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%

13) We currently have 145,000 troops in Iraq and Kuwait. How many troops do you think we should have there?

Zero
13%
0-50,000
7%
50,000-144,000
6%
145,000
13%
146,000-200,000
22%
200,000+
16%
No opinion/Don't know
23%

14) We currently have 18,000 troops in Afghanistan. How many troops do you think we should have there?

Zero
8%
0-10,000
7%
10,000-17,000
4%
18,000
15%
19,000-50,000
27%
50,000+
12%
No opinion/Don't know
26%