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Poll suggests Iraqis 'optimistic'
BBC ^ | March 17 2008 | BBC

Posted on 03/17/2008 1:02:22 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

More than 50% of Iraqis think their lives are good, more than at any time in the last three years, a survey says. The poll for the BBC, ABC, ARD and NHK of more than 2,000 people also suggests that a majority believe that security in their area has improved since 2007.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bbc; iraq; iraqipeople; poll; pollsiniraq; wot

A majority of Iraqis expressed confidence in the police


More Iraqis now feel confident about the government


1 posted on 03/17/2008 1:02:25 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Uh oh, the optimistic Iraqis who want a civilized country had better watch out, the UnAmerican Dems are trying to get more of them killed.

Hillary saying the war is lost today!

She must have seen this poll.

2 posted on 03/17/2008 1:05:06 PM PDT by roses of sharon (Who will be McCain's maverick?)
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To: Allegra; jveritas; SandRat

Good news... being carried by the BBC to boot. We knew it all along anyway, but let the sheeple hear the truth as well. ;)


3 posted on 03/17/2008 1:08:41 PM PDT by SolidWood (All conservative effort into retaking Congress!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The reliably Anti-US ABC Radio News spun this poll with the nugget that the majority of Iraqis credit the local security forces and government for improving conditions, rather than the US Military.

Is this not exactly what we want to happen? Don’t we want the Iraqi people to credit their own government with improving conditions and thus have confidence in and support the government? This is what victory looks like. And yet ABC Radio News reports this as if it is a bad thing.

Clueless Anti-American Morons!


4 posted on 03/17/2008 1:09:55 PM PDT by gridlock (They don't call us "The Stupid Party" for nuthin'!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Somebody better send this to Mrs. Clinton.


5 posted on 03/17/2008 1:11:07 PM PDT by b4its2late (GITMO is way too nice of a place to house low life terrorists.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I am happy many of these people think their lives are good. It is always nice to emerge from the stone ages and come into the new century. Freedom is a great thing. Shame too many US citizens want to go backwards.

Will their Muslim handlers allow them to enjoy enlightenment? I have my doubts.


6 posted on 03/17/2008 1:12:53 PM PDT by dforest
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To: b4its2late

bttt


7 posted on 03/17/2008 1:15:53 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Yes, BUT...Americans right here aren't as hopeful as they are in the country we paid millions to "free" but DIDN'T, and OLD PEOPLE ARE STARVING AND EATING DOGFOOD AND THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO KILL YOUR HOUSEPETS AND OBAMA'S PASTOR SAYS WE BROUGHT THIS ON OURSELVES, AND...

[\FROTHING]

8 posted on 03/17/2008 1:27:08 PM PDT by 50sDad (Liberals: Never Happy, Never Grateful, Never Right.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“More than 50% of Iraqis think their lives are good”

Wish the same could be said for Americans.


9 posted on 03/17/2008 1:45:09 PM PDT by wolfcreek (Hank Hill's Dad, Cruella and Curious George=Loony Toons)
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To: Berlin_Freeper; SolidWood
Iraq is a much happier place today.

I knew it would get to this point and it will keep going forward. The momentum is amazing.

It's not over yet, but that light at the end of the tunnel sure is getting brighter.

10 posted on 03/17/2008 2:10:26 PM PDT by Allegra (Posting without being logged on since 2001)
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To: Allegra

Thank you for the post. I am glad to hear that.


11 posted on 03/17/2008 2:29:41 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Vote for McCain but trust in the Lord)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It would be good to get the raw data on this.

This probably just scratches the surface of how good things are.

In the last survey, BBC deleted all opinions from Kurds!

From this they derived that no one was happy.

Notice in this one they blame the Kurds for seeking national break up.


12 posted on 03/17/2008 6:30:49 PM PDT by lonestar67 (Its time to withdraw from the War on Bush-- your side is hopelessly lost in a quagmire.)
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