Survey finds hope in occupied Iraq

[Czar]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3514504.stm

An opinion poll carried out in Iraq will make good reading for US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The poll suggests that Iraqis are happier than they were before the invasion, optimistic about the future and opposed to violence.

The poll, of more than 2,500 adults, was carried out by Oxford Research International between February 10 and 28. It was commissioned by the BBC in association with other international broadcasters (ABC News in America, Germany's ARD and NHK of Japan).

It suggests that the reporting of the daily attacks on the occupying forces in Iraq could be obscuring another picture.

This opinion poll gives a glimpse into the real life of Iraqis, who appear to be overwhelmingly pre-occupied with bread and butter issues - whether the lights go on or not, and the restoration of the economy.

 

[conjur]

Of course they will be better without Saddam around. Still doesn't justify Bush's plodding thru the world as if it was his own military playground.

 

[dpm]

If only it could find WMDs as well

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: conjur
Of course they will be better without Saddam around. Still doesn't justify Bush's plodding thru the world as if it was his own military playground.

Originally posted by: dpm
If only it could find WMDs as well

No one would deny that they are better off. All Countries ruled by hording Dictators would be better off.

We didn't go in there touting to be the new Public Utilities Commission, we went in there on the premise we would be cleansing the Country of Weapons of Mass Destruction.