> From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 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. > > Now, it is possible that all of the polls are inaccurate; I'd be willing to > believe that there might be something to be said about techniques that work > well in the US or Europe not being as robust in Iraq. But, I would like to > see why other techniques of understanding are superior. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/200 31112/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_cia A new top-secret intelligence report warns that Iraqis are losing faith in U.S.-led occupation forces, a development that is increasing support for the resistance, officials said Wednesday. ... It suggests spiraling violence and a lack of confidence in the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council may be bringing efforts to a turning point, sending more Iraqis over to the side of insurgents fighting occupation troops, said two officials speaking on condition of anonymity. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
