Optimistic Iraqis Salute America

The New York Post ^ | December 13, 2005 | Deborah Orin

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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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Murtha must have a hard time ordering a beer at the local VFW.

Or Japan, the second largest economy and one of our closest allies.

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Also, Germany has a new Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is replacing anti-American Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in the latest German elections.

She is also the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Party, which is traditionally pro-American.

In France, anti-American Chirac is on his way out too, lets hope for similar results.

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In France, anti-American Chirac is on his way out too, lets hope for similar results.

I will adamantly pray this will be so. Chirac is a very bad and corrupt man.

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I hope Jaques Zerat goes and have high hopes for Merkel.

We'll have to see how this plays out.

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and the Sunnis who ran the show and got the spoils under Saddam — and clearly resent their loss of clout to Shiites and Kurds

Change a few words in this sentence and you would be describing our own democrats, liberals, socialist and msm.

The loss of power.

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You got it!