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  • Poll: 7 in 10 Afghans support US forces

    01/11/2010 7:01:38 AM PST · by decimon · 6 replies · 296+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Jan 11, 2010 | DEB RIECHMANN
    KABUL – Nearly seven in 10 Afghans support the presence of U.S. forces in their country, and 61 percent favor the military buildup of 37,000 U.S. and NATO reinforcements now deploying, according to a poll released Monday. Support for U.S. and NATO forces, however, drops sharply in the south and east where the fighting is the most intense, the poll said. Nationwide, 10 percent of Afghans support the Taliban, but the insurgents are backed by a higher percent of the population — 27 percent — in the country's southwest, the poll said.
  • Iraqis See Their Country Improving

    04/01/2009 4:16:19 AM PDT · by Ravnagora · 2 replies · 310+ views
    FrontPage Magazine ^ | April 1, 2009 | Jamie Weinstein
    Things are looking brighter in Iraq, according to a recently released poll of Iraqis conducted at the end of February. The poll was sponsored by ABC, the BBC and Japan’s NHK. Asked how well things were going for them in their life, 65 percent of Iraqi respondents said things were going well for them. This is compared to 55 percent of Iraqis responding in a similar manner in February 2008 and just 39 percent saying life was going well for them in August 2007. On a personal level, Iraqis seem optimistic about their futures. Fifty-six percent of Iraqis believe that...
  • Iraqis would vote McCain : "Republicans are more capable of establishing democracy in the world"

    11/03/2008 11:22:44 AM PST · by drzz · 20 replies · 1,038+ views
    AFP ^ | 11 03 2008 | drzz
    For five years Ali and Mohammed have lived alongside US soldiers in their Baghdad neighbourhood near Rasheed Street, a prominent commercial artery running through the heart of the Iraqi capital. During that time American culture and politics have become familiar to them, and they say that if they could, they would vote for Republican candidate John McCain in next week's US presidential election. "McCain would be best for Iraq because he would ensure stability," said Ali, 66, an expert on the Sumerian era. The personal qualities and political platforms of McCain and his Democrat rival Barack Obama are of little...
  • Iraqis Fear Rapid US Withdrawal Would Cause 'Chaos and Anarchy,' [change and hope are good]

    06/02/2008 5:48:39 AM PDT · by SJackson · 3 replies · 73+ views
    CNSNews.com ^ | June 02, 2008 | Josiah Ryan
    Iraqis Fear Rapid US Withdrawal Would Cause 'Chaos and Anarchy,' Says Iraqi Parliamentarian (CNSNews.com) - Most Iraqis support the U.S. troop presence in Iraq and think a rapid withdrawal would lead to "chaos and anarchy," said Adnan Pachachi, a member of the National Assembly of Iraq and a former president of Iraq's Governing Council (IGC), on Friday. He also said that the best policy now lies somewhere between the strategies outlined by Sen. John McCain (r-Ariz.) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). "There is very widespread support for an American presence in the short and intermediate term," said Pachachi, who spoke...
  • Poll suggests Iraqis 'optimistic'

    03/17/2008 1:02:22 PM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 11 replies · 361+ views
    BBC ^ | March 17 2008 | BBC
    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.
  • Iraqis see little to applaud (Barf Alert!)

    09/10/2007 3:48:52 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 7 replies · 320+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/10/07 | AP
    The Associated Press asked Iraqis for their reactions to some of the key points raised by Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker about the situation in Iraq. ___ Abdul-Salam Ibrahim, 52, retired army officer and Sunni in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown: "What is new today is the American's frank admission, even if they knew that before, of their monumental failure. This is what made them acknowledge that there is Iranian intervention in Iraq. If they stay in Iraq, it will be a catastrophe. Anbar is not the place to judge. That place should be the capital Baghdad, where...
  • Poll: Iraqis say US troops not helping

    09/10/2007 5:32:50 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 63 replies · 1,418+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/10/07 | Alan Fram - ap
    WASHINGTON - Overwhelming numbers of Iraqis say the U.S. troop buildup has worsened security and the prospects for economic and political progress in their country, according to a poll released Monday that provides a strikingly bleak appraisal of the war. Forty-seven percent want American forces and their coalition allies to leave the country immediately, the survey showed, 12 points more than said so in a March poll as the troop increase was beginning. And 57 percent — including nearly all Sunnis and half of Shiites — said they consider attacks on coalition forces acceptable, a slight increase over the past...
  • 2 Polls Suggest Grim View of Surge (This makes me angry)

    09/10/2007 9:47:42 AM PDT · by rightinthemiddle · 30 replies · 1,257+ views
    The Boston Globe ^ | September 10, 2007 | By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff
    Petraeus set to testify as pressures mount WASHINGTON - As General David H. Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, prepared to report to Congress today on gains made by the surge of 30,000 additional US troops in Iraq, two national polls released yesterday indicated that a majority of Americans believe the increased US troop presence has failed to deliver significant improvements in the war-torn country. The polls are troubling signs for the Bush administration's intensifying efforts to keep up American support for a large-scale troop presence in Iraq. Petraeus and Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador to Iraq, are slated...
  • New Polls on the War

    07/24/2007 10:25:30 AM PDT · by Contentions · 9 replies · 504+ views
    contentions ^ | Max Boot
    The latest New York Times/CBS News poll brings moderately positive news about public attitudes toward the war in Iraq. For the raw results, click here. For the Times write-up, click here. The percentage of the public saying that invading Iraq was the correct decision has risen slightly. Forty-two percent now say it was the right thing to do, while 51 percent say we should have stayed out. That’s a shift from the May poll that had found only 35 percent in support of the invasion and 61 percent claiming it was a mistake. In addition, the public assessment of how...
  • CNN Asks Iraqi's "Should U.S. Stay or Go?" Stay, they say [Video]

    07/12/2007 4:11:59 PM PDT · by bnelson44 · 4 replies · 914+ views
    CNN asked one Iraqi family earlier today what they thought about withdrawal. Video at link
  • The Iraqi View Polling on the ground.

    07/23/2006 7:13:29 AM PDT · by MNJohnnie · 10 replies · 668+ views
    National Review On Line ^ | 07-21-2006 | By Richard Nadler
    American viewers of network news, and Arabic viewers of al-Jazeera TV, generally regard Operation Iraqi Freedom as a failure for various reasons: Iraqis are too sectarian to form a nation; they reject democracy as an imposition; or the average Iraqi lives a life of fear due to the deterioration of security since Saddam’s fall. The International Republican Institute’s “Survey of Iraqi Public Opinion,” released July 19, 2006, provides a useful reality check to these assumptions. The survey records that Iraqis overwhelmingly reject sectarianism and national division; and that they widely support the government they have elected. Moreover, most Iraqis feel...
  • Majority of Iraqis Endorse Election and Show Optimism

    03/27/2006 7:13:04 PM PST · by george76 · 89 replies · 2,333+ views
    World Public Opinion ^ | March 27th, 2006 | World Public Opinion
    The majority of Iraqis overall view the recent parliamentary elections as valid, are optimistic that their country is going in the right direction and feel that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein has been worth the costs. Sunnis, on the other hand... The poll was conducted for WorldPublicOpinion.org by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland and was fielded by KA Research Limited... Among the Shia and Kurds optimism is even higher. Seventy-six percent of Kurds and 84% of Shia say they think the country is headed in the right direction. the ethnic divisions are very...
  • WHY IRAQIS ARE OPTIMISTIC

    01/31/2006 3:10:36 PM PST · by Col. Bob · 11 replies · 598+ views
    New York Post ^ | January 26, 2006 | Amir Taheri
    January 26, 2006 -- THE world's business and political elite who gath ered in Davos, Switzer land, for the World Economic Forum this week may have to rethink the gloomy assessment of the situation in Iraq that dominated their last two annual sessions. The reason is not that Iraq is sending a delegation led by Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, although that will help. The latest argument for a reassessment of the situation in post-liberation Iraq comes from the WEF's latest "Voice of the People" poll, based on more than 50,000 interviews conducted in November and December in 60 countries across...
  • Poll: Afghans, Iraqis most optimistic

    01/24/2006 3:56:50 PM PST · by Kaslin · 24 replies · 1,667+ views
    UPI via The Washington Times ^ | Jan. 24, 2006 | Unkn
    An international poll done for Britain's BBC says Iraqis and Afghans are most optimistic about their economic future, while Italians are among the downcast. Joining the Italians in the pessimism category at people in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo, says the poll of 37,500 people in 32 nations. Joining the Afghans and Iraqis in the optimistic category are Canadians who are bullish not only about their own finances (64 percent), but also about their country (63 percent). In Afghanistan, 70 percent of respondents said their own circumstances are improving, and 57 percent said the country overall is on...
  • Have You Read This Good News on Iraq? A new poll's "surprising" results.

    12/15/2005 11:40:03 AM PST · by xsysmgr · 23 replies · 1,620+ views
    National Review Online ^ | December 15, 2005 | Byron York
    How many times have supporters of the war in Iraq complained that there is little reporting on good news from Iraq? And that when there is such news, it receives less-prominent coverage than reports of car bombings and sectarian mayhem? Sometimes the criticism has little merit; after all, there are lots of car bombings and sectarian mayhem, and they are news. But the where's-the-good-news question seems particularly timely this week after the publication of a new poll which found widespread optimism among Iraqis, both about their personal situations and the future of the country. Beyond the news organizations that...
  • Optimistic Iraqis Salute America

    12/13/2005 6:31:36 PM PST · by TheForceOfOne · 25 replies · 794+ views
    The New York Post ^ | December 13, 2005 | Deborah Orin
    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.
  • Associated Press and USA Today Focus on the Negatives in New Poll From Iraq

    12/12/2005 6:34:14 PM PST · by Only Waxing · 13 replies · 509+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | 12/12/05 | Noel Sheppard
    As reported yesterday by NewsBusters, a brand new ABC News/TIME poll depicted Iraqis as being very optimistic about themselves and the future of their country. The Associated Press via USA Today is sharing this information with its readers by focusing attention on the negatives first. The article, entitled “Most Iraqis Oppose U.S. Troops, Poll Says,” began: “Most Iraqis disapprove of the presence of U.S. forces in their country, yet they are optimistic about Iraq's future and their own personal lives, according to a new poll." Then the article addressed the positives:
  • Survey finds optimism in new Iraq

    12/11/2005 10:21:24 PM PST · by minus_273 · 23 replies · 544+ views
    bbc ^ | 12/11/05 | bbc
    Survey finds optimism in new Iraq The poll found Iraqis think their lives will improve in the coming year An opinion poll suggests Iraqis are generally optimistic about their lives, in spite of the violence that has plagued Iraq since the US-led invasion. But the survey, carried out for the BBC and other media, found Iraqis appear less happy about the overall situation. Their priority for the coming year would be the restoration of security and the withdrawal of foreign troops. A majority of the 1,700 people questioned wanted a united Iraq with a strong central government. Hopes for future...
  • Poll: Most Iraqis oppose presence of U.S. troops, optimistic about future

    12/12/2005 5:11:48 AM PST · by Puppage · 13 replies · 584+ views
    WTNH Television ^ | 12/12/05 | Puppage
    (Washington-AP, Dec. 12, 2005 7:53 AM) _ Most Iraqis disapprove of the presence of U.S. forces in their country, yet they are optimistic about Iraq's future and their own personal lives, according to a new poll. More than two-thirds of those surveyed oppose the presence of troops from the United States and its coalition partners and less than half, 44 percent, say their country is better off now than it was before the war, according to an ABC News poll conducted with Time magazine and other media partners. But Iraqis are surprisingly upbeat on many fronts, the poll suggests. Three-quarters...
  • Poll: Broad Optimism in Iraq, But Also Deep Divisions Among Groups

    12/12/2005 4:15:13 AM PST · by HonduGOP · 21 replies · 875+ views
    ABC News ^ | 12/12/05 | GARY LANGER and JON COHEN
    Analysis By GARY LANGER and JON COHEN Dec. 12, 2005 — Surprising levels of optimism prevail in Iraq with living conditions improved, security more a national worry than a local one, and expectations for the future high. But views of the country's situation overall are far less positive, and there are vast differences in views among Iraqi groups — a study in contrasts between increasingly disaffected Sunni areas and vastly more positive Shiite and Kurdish provinces. An ABC News poll in Iraq, conducted with Time magazine and other media partners, includes some remarkable results: Despite the daily violence there, most...