At 04:46 PM 11/12/2003 -0800 Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I'll agree fully that the average person in Iraq is
>> better off now than a
>> year ago. But, the overwhelming majority in Iraq
>> sees the US as an
>> occupier, not a liberator. And, their opinion of
>> us, as measured in polls,
>> is rapidly deteriorating.
>> Dan M.
>
>Dan, I have to tell you that I frankly don't believe
>this. As you know, I have personal reasons for
>keeping a _very_ close eye on the situation in Iraq,
>and I frankly don't trust the poll results that you
>reported - they don't agree with any other poll that
>I've seen, and they don't agree with the consensus of
>people on the ground whom I've spoken to either.
Indeed, as I noted in a previous post, _The Economist_ published poll
results that contradict Dan's impressions just this week.
Here it is again:
A survey out this week revealed that, while most endorse democracy and
women's rights, many wonder whether democracy can work in Iraq. Most would
like some form of Islamic rule�and want the coalition forces out. But
three-quarters of Iraqis also think that in five years they will be better
off.
JDG
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