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2004-03-16 Iraq-Jordan

Poll: Iraqis Are Mixed Over U.S. Invasion

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Posted by Steve White 2004-03-16 10:09:06 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Iraqis are simply discovering the sound of their own voice and that by having and expressing an opinion that is the opposite of the "center of power" in the country is not automatically a death sentence, and frankly, they like it and think its is a good thing. evidence? they are starting to answer polls in a way that reflects their feelings and not what they think the pollster wants to hear.

Western civilization is on display again in Iraq. We can again see what 2000 years of hard earned lessons on how to bring people up from slavery into liberty, and its positive effects on the populace.

Those that complain today that we are in Iraq will be the first ones to complain the loudest after we leave.

Posted by Frank Martin 2004-3-16 12:38:51 AM|| 2004-3-16 12:38:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The title said, "invasion" instead of "liberation". Therefore, why should we believe anything this article tries to put forth?

Posted by B 2004-3-16 8:04:46 AM|| 2004-3-16 8:04:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Now let's do a poll on what Iraqis think of western journalists. I bet you'll see more than one knife pulled on that one.

Posted by Matt 2004-3-16 8:18:23 AM|| 2004-3-16 8:18:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The poll of 2,737 face-to-face interviews was conducted in Iraq from Feb. 9-28 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

This is such a load of horse manure - we haven't been in Iraq long enough to collect the necessary demographic data (region, religion, ethnicity, tribe, et al) for conducting accurate polls. What's heartening is that this "research" organization is known for being anti-American in its polling methodology, but couldn't come up with a majority of people who would say they were worse off without Saddam.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-3-16 10:13:10 AM|| 2004-3-16 10:13:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 give the demographic makeup of iraqs citizens these numbers are ringt in line. the 19% who said things are worse are the sunni's who profited from saddam..of course their lifes are worse.......

Posted by Dan 2004-3-16 1:36:59 PM|| 2004-3-16 1:36:59 PM|| Front Page Top

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