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Optimistic Iraqis Salute America
The New York Post ^
| December 13, 2005
| Deborah Orin
Posted on 12/13/2005 6:31:36 PM PST by TheForceOfOne
WASHINGTON Iraqis are surprisingly optimistic about their lives and future despite violence and terrorism most say they feel safe and a growing majority supports democracy, an intriguing ABC News poll found.
Most Iraqis also want U.S. forces to stay until security is better, the poll found even though they don't like being occupied.
Some 71 percent of Iraqis say their own lives are going well now and they're also very bullish on Thursday's election an impressive 76 percent say they expect that vote to pick a stable Iraqi government.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abcnews; iraq; pollsiniraq
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The fact that a majority want U.S. troops to stay for now comes despite the fact that 65 percent oppose the presence of those troops suggesting they see it as necessary for security but don't like it.
Murtha doesn't understand the Iraqis but he doesn't hesitate to misrepresent them in order to manipulate the war for political gain.
To: TheForceOfOne
I oppose the presence of Congress in Washington DC, though people keep telling me it's necessary... for something.
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posted on
12/13/2005 6:35:29 PM PST
by
DTogo
(Merry CHRISTmas, and a healthy & happy New Year!)
To: DTogo
I've reached for the pitch fork and torch more than once.
To: TheForceOfOne
This isn't news to Freepers who have been paying attention and reading the real reports from Iraq. If the MSM wasn't busy propagandizing it wouldn't be news to the general public either.
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posted on
12/13/2005 6:40:07 PM PST
by
saganite
(The poster formerly known as Arkie 2)
To: TheForceOfOne
The only people who aren't bullish on Iraq are the Democrats. But in the words of that little Iraqi lady, they know where they can go.
To: TheForceOfOne
Someday we may all need to do more than reach.
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posted on
12/13/2005 6:40:54 PM PST
by
DTogo
(Merry CHRISTmas, and a healthy & happy New Year!)
To: saganite
I know, but I like the title of the article and it makes me want to smile.
To: TheForceOfOne
an intriguing ABC News poll found
Ofcourse the liberals and MSM find this intriguing because they were wishing the poll was the opposite.
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posted on
12/13/2005 6:41:18 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: TheForceOfOne
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posted on
12/13/2005 6:42:52 PM PST
by
nopardons
To: Proud_USA_Republican
Even when they misrepresent the findings with some splashy headline, the internal data just makes them look like the fools they're.
To: TheForceOfOne
And the 'rat party gives the big one finger salute to the Iraqis.
To: TheForceOfOne
Does anyone think the Iraqi's consider themselves "occupied" in the face of 3 elections in a year? Maybe I'm jaded, but that word is an American MSM / Liberal Democrat word.
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posted on
12/13/2005 6:45:10 PM PST
by
antonico
To: Semper Paratus
The Iraqi voters have become part of the vast right wing conspiracy. lol
To: antonico
"Does anyone think the Iraqi's consider themselves "occupied" in the face of 3 elections in a year?"
I prefer the term "liberated". It has the perfect connotations to tick off the leftists.
To: antonico
These people aren't stupid, they know that they need us and they also know not to look a gift horse in the mouth. They know and we know that when the time comes to leave we will all know it. A successful Iraq will cause a great shock wave through the Arab street with the cry of freedom.
To: nopardons
The poll also found sharp differences between the majority Shiites, who were repressed by Saddam Hussein, and the Sunnis who ran the show and got the spoils under Saddam and clearly resent their loss of clout to Shiites and Kurds.
This is key, most if not all of the negative polling came from Saddam loyalists who lost power.
To: TheForceOfOne
To: TheForceOfOne
Most Iraqis also want U.S. forces to stay until security is better, the poll found even though they don't like being occupied.They've graduated to their 'teen' years in learning democratic ways. "Okay, mom and dad, you raised me right, now let me do my thing." :o)
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posted on
12/13/2005 7:09:23 PM PST
by
arasina
(So there.)
To: arasina
You're so right arasina, they're making us proud foster parents.
They have progressed at a much faster pace than we did.
I saw a special on Fox News Channel the other day about the successes in Iraq, I never realized they already have a stock market, even if it is a small one for now.
To: TheForceOfOne
Murtha is a traitor.
But I wonder if someday the Iraqis will become as grateful as the French and Germans are.
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posted on
12/13/2005 7:14:35 PM PST
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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