Reply #28: JUST 30% ?

[TexasLawyer]

The Zogby report states: "Just 30% of troops said they think the Department of Defense has failed to provide adequate troop protections, such as body armor, munitions, and armor plating for vehicles like HumVees."

I'm sorry, but the word "just" does not belong in this sentence. 30% answering this way to a question on adequate protection is a huge proportion of the troops. Optimally, this response should have been close to zero.

It is also relevant that the survey was put to "944 military respondents interviewed at several undisclosed locations throughout Iraq." This group of respondents probably included a good dose of soldiers who served in non-combat roles, e.g, mechanics, office workers, prison guards, etc... who have worked their entire deployment "inside the wire."

I'd be interested to see whether this number went over 30% among the soldiers who actually have to rely on the safety equipment they're being asked about.