Don't Ask Don't Tell

[solipsistnation]

So maybe I'm missing something here, but as I understand it, one does not poll the soldiers to find out what they think they ought to be doing. Rather, one orders them to do things, and they do them. Polling them sets a, frankly, stupid and dangerous precedent-- what next? "9 out of 10 enlisted men believe that this whole Invasion of Normandy D-Day thing is, frankly, too dangerous and they don't want to do it."

Seriously-- you decide what they should be doing; you order them to do it. If they are unable to follow orders you discipline them and find somebody who WILL follow orders. They didn't sign up to have an opinion about policy; they signed up to fight and follow orders.