Veterans who served on active duty during the post-9/11 era consider themselves more patriotic than other Americans, and most see the military as an efficient and meritocratic institution. They have a more positive view than the general public about the overall worth of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and the tactics the military has used to wage them. Even so, only one-third (34%) of these veterans say that both wars have been worth fighting.
Read the rest here, its is a rather long poll with lots of info.
Veterans and members of active duty combat units tend not to be neo-con, nation building, democracy for our enemies the muslims fans.
The reason is, they, unlike Bill Kristol et al. actually have to do the hard work.
Tags: Afghan War, Iraq War, Pew Research Center, US Military Vets
