A reader chides me angrily for saying we should get out of Iraq ASAP, on the grounds (my reader says) that this will demoralize our troops over there.

Well, let’s see. According to a recent Zogby poll of our troops in Iraq, 72 percent of American troops serving over there think the US should leave the country within the next year, and nearly one in four say the troops should leave immediately.

Here’s a report of the poll.

Even among Marines in Iraq, 58 percent think we should leave within a year.

So… Our troops in Iraq are going to be dismayed, shocked, angered, and demoralized to learn that some folk in the USA believe the same thing that thumping majorities of the troops themselves believe? Have I got that right?