The poll was taken by the Clarion Project, which is trying to raise awareness and concern about the threat of radical Islamic terrorists.
https://clarionproject.org/navy-seals-ch...d-they-be/
The question was:
Should American service personnel be prosecuted for war crimes committed overseas?
The answers were:
Yes, they should always be held to American standards, whether at home or abroad
No, war is a stressful situation and allowances should be made
As you can see, both the question and the answers were slanted to get the desired response. The question should have been:
If there is evidence a war crime may have been committed overseas, should American service personnel always be prosecuted for it?
The options should have been:
Yes, they should always be held to American standards, whether at home or abroad, no matter the seriousness of the crime
No, war is a stressful situation and allowances should sometimes be made
As it was, the poll was designed to make it appear that most Americans think war crimes committed overseas by Americans should never be prosecuted.
