Gallup Survey?

O.k., I have an idea... Instead of letting politicians run the war in Iraq, the U.S. Armed Forces should contract Gallup to conduct a confidential survey of ALL troops in Iraq. I understand that some grunt (pardon the expression) may not have the knowledge of a Pentagon planner with regards to resources, but the "boots on the ground" most certainly have an idea if this conflict is winnable. Gallup could configure a number of pointed questions to the soldiers about how things are going and what our course of action should be. This is a survey which definitely should NOT be written by the Pentagon or military brass. Note that I said pointed questions and not loaded questions.

If the troops show support for the current action, the troop surge, then fine - Congress should give their support - at least for another year. If the troops think it is an ill-conceived plan (just to save Bush's hide) and that it is NOT working, then Congress should muster whatever power they have to help bring them home!

So far, aside from some television interviews of troops generally supporting the military's actions, the only evidence we have of how the troops feel is the fact that most Iraq and Afghanistan vets running for Congress ran as Democrats!

I'd be prepared to accept the result, however in reading the preceding paragraphs, you obviously know that I don't think things are going well!