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Seven out of 10 Iraqis want foreign forces to leave: poll
They want us out, we want out, but we are still there. Why? Because its not about the people its about the powerful few and their agenda.
As for the bolded portion, I can see some saying tis the Iraqi's way of wanting their cake and eat it too. Well I would say they deserve our help for destroying their land, ruining their way of life and the killing of innocent civilians.
But it seems people like Dick Cheney have different plans:
Cheney vows to finish job in Iraq
Well gee Mr. Cheney, ever think its because of our involvement that Iraq would even be considered a "haven for terrorists"? Disgusting individual you are.
LONDON (AFP) - More than two-thirds of Iraqis believe US-led coalition forces should leave, according to a poll conducted for British television ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion.
The ORB/Channel 4 News survey suggested that 70 percent thought multinational forces should withdraw.
Yet some 40 percent of the 4,000 people surveyed said they wanted the United States to play a bigger role in rebuilding Iraq and 36 percent wanted more British involvement.
Overall, the wide-ranging poll painted a mixed picture of Iraqi attitudes, contrasting their bleak daily existence with a surprisingly positive attitude about the future.
It threw up stark statistics on the human cost of war, which began on March 20, 2003, its effect on infrastructure and daily life, plus the bloody sectarian violence that erupted in the aftermath of the invasion.
A quarter of those surveyed said they had lost a family member to murder. In Baghdad, that figure rose to nearly half (45 percent).
Some 81 percent had suffered power cuts and 43 percent had experienced drinking water shortages. In the last month, more than a quarter (28 percent) had been short of food.
They want us out, we want out, but we are still there. Why? Because its not about the people its about the powerful few and their agenda.
As for the bolded portion, I can see some saying tis the Iraqi's way of wanting their cake and eat it too. Well I would say they deserve our help for destroying their land, ruining their way of life and the killing of innocent civilians.
But it seems people like Dick Cheney have different plans:
Cheney vows to finish job in Iraq
The US will complete its mission in Iraq to ensure the country does not become a base for attacks on Americans, Vice-President Dick Cheney has said.
Mr Cheney is on a visit to Iraq and the Middle East coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, launched on 20 March, 2003.
His visit comes as a major conference to promote national reconciliation has been thrown into disarray.
The main Sunni Arab bloc and a major Shia group are boycotting the meeting.
Speaking to US troops at Balad air base north of Baghdad, Mr Cheney said the US had "no intention of abandoning our friends or allowing this country of 170,000 sq km to become a staging ground for further attacks against Americans".
Well gee Mr. Cheney, ever think its because of our involvement that Iraq would even be considered a "haven for terrorists"? Disgusting individual you are.