A new Harris Poll conducted in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, and the US last month indicates large majorities in five of the six countries believe the coalition should withdraw military forces from Iraq within the next few months. More than 80 percent of respondents in France (90 percent), Spain (84 percent), Britain (83 percent), and Germany (82 percent) favor a timetable of a few months. The survey also asked what were the three most significant events of 2006, which Harris lists as: the Israel/Hezbollah war in Lebanon; the first nuclear test in North Korea; and the defeat of George Bush and the Republican Party in the US Congressional Elections.
The Defense Department hasn’t seen an increase in domestic violence reports among military families since the new coronavirus crisis began, despite the COVID-19 pandemic reportedly causing a spike in such activity across the globe, the head of the Pentagon’s Office of Military Family Readiness Policy told reporters Oct. 29. However,…