Posted on 02/08/2006 5:24:47 PM PST by EvilHomer
There's a subtle trolling aura to your posts.
Because I'm proposing alternative positions?
Opinion polls are worthless. I'd like to see the comparison of how many people vote with their feet. By far the US is the most favored destination.
You know you are being effective when you get these kind of results. The alpha male is always a target.
"Because I'm proposing alternative positions?"
No, posting an article/poll where the US is shown to be about as unpopular/evil as Iran.
But that has to do more with economic opportunity here than with popularity.
Sorry, from now I'll try posting only articles/polls that glorify the Motherla...erm, America.
So it's trolling to suggest that America is as unpopular (I don't see how evil fits there) as Iran when GlobeScan, a reputable agency as far as I am aware, has recently published a poll that suggests just that? I'm only presenting an opinion that is obviously in the far minority on Free Republic, not trying to stir up trouble. Unless disagreeing is prohibited.
Are the Dems sending out a press release saying that this is unfair to Iran?
Except among US liberals.
Except among US liberals.
"We hate the infidel American! America is the great satan! (Quietly) Pssst...do you know how I can get a quick visa there?"
How is this an alternative position? Is a stupid poll. You seem a little defensive.
I've been accused of trolling, so I defended myself. And what constitutes a "stupid poll?" If you're going to question GlobeScan's legitimacy go right ahead, but just because what I posted obviously goes against the majority here doesn't make me a troll.
And the point is?
How popular would we be without giving billions in foreign aid?
From the article:
Perhaps more importantly though, only 27% of Iraqis view America's influence as positive
Ask any soldier and they'll tell you that is patently false. One more thing. You find nothing curious with the timing of this poll?
Do I agree with the poll? Not really, but I'm probably more left-leaning than most on this forum, so I do think that it makes some points and is not an utterly fabricated statistic.
As for your point, soldiers are only exposed to public opinion when there's a company of soldiers marching through a town or village. Of course the common folk are going to wave and say how grateful they are when men armed with AK-47s are occupying their region. Many Iraqis hated Saddam, but don't find the unstable, violence-ridden and foreign-occupied postwar Iraq to be much of an improvement.
Seeing how furiously envious most people are of the US, this shows that there must be a whole lot of hatred for Iran because heaven knows no one is jealous of them.
Many Iraqis hated Saddam, but don't find the unstable, violence-ridden and foreign-occupied postwar Iraq to be much of an improvement.
I'm sure that living under the fear of torture, imprisonment and death was just a little bit more inconveniencing than the situation today. Oh, here's where you say Abu Ghraib... Blah,Blah,Blah....
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