On last night's "Tucker" broadcast, host Tucker "Mothertucker" Carlson criticized the enlisted men from the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq, who wrote the recent New York Times op-ed piece. Saying he distrusted the soldiers' statement that the Iraqis were feeling less secure and seeing us as an occupation force, he went on to say that they were squandering their moral authority by taking "political" positions. What Mothertucker failed to note was the June 2007 national opinion survey of Iraqis conducted by a consortium led by ABC News. That survey indicated that only 39 percent think their lives are going well, 26 percent feel safe in their neighborhoods, and 69 percent feel that coalition forces are making things worse.
Mothertucker needs to spend some time embedded with the 82nd Airborne Division. Lots of time.
