"What The Iraqi People Want" Is The US OUT of Iraq!

[leftchick]

what a shocker! bush says the exact opposite of the truth....

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In yesterday's press conference, President Bush insisted that there would be no withdrawal of American troops from Iraq as long as he was president. He gave a long, scattered list of reasons. Among them was a claim put forward in a number of different ways that boiled down to this: "it's what the Iraqi people want."

Really?

Mark Tessler and Mansoor Moaddel recently released some of the data from their latest survey of Iraqi public opinion. As reported in US News, this survey revealed that

The growing sense of insecurity affected all three of Iraq's major ethnic and religious groups. The number of Iraqis who "strongly agreed" that life is "unpredictable and dangerous" jumped from 41% to 48% of Shiites, from 67% to 79% of Sunnis, and from 16% to 50% of Kurds. The most recent survey, done in April this year, also asked for "the three main reasons for the U.S. invasion of Iraq." Less than 2% chose "to bring democracy to Iraq" as their first choice. The list was topped by "to control Iraqi oil" (76%), followed by "to build military bases" (41%) and "to help Israel" (32%).

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The bottom line: 91.7% of Iraqis oppose the presence of coalition troops in the country, up from 74.4% in 2004. 84.5% are "strongly opposed". Among Sunnis, opposition to the US presence went from 94.5% to 97.9% (97.2% "strongly opposed"). Among Shia, opposition to the US presence went from 81.2% to 94.6%, with "strongly opposed" going from 63.5% to 89.7%. Even among the Kurds, opposition went from 19.6% to 63.3%. In other words, it isn't just that Iraqis oppose the American presence - it's that their feelings are intense: only 7.2% "somewhat oppose" and 4.7% "somewhat support."



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[genie_weenie]

1. It's what the American People Want as well.

:thumbsup:

[whistle]

2. I am reminded of that very memorable laser beam sequence...

... when Bond is strapped to a sheet of gold, while an industrial laser cuts a groove straight up the metal toward 007's well-used crotch.

"Do you expect me to talk, Goldfinger?" Bond asks defiantly, though with a touch of panic.

"No, Mr. Bond," says Goldfinger, in the most famous line for a villain in 007 history, "I expect you to die."

George Bush speaks of freedom and peace and security for America, but the Iraqi people know that what he wants for them is slavery and war and death.

[Benhurst]

3. To paraphrase George W. Bush,

"Who cares what they want?"

[enigma000]

4. Iraqi attitudes are changing

58% believe (up from 42%) that democracy is the ideal system

Only 13% (down from 19%) believe an Islamic system of government is very good

Half strongly agreed with a separation of church and state 9up from 30%

This is good news.

On edit: these statistics are for Baghdad residents

[stray cat]

5. Most Iraqis want security - ethnic killings kind of disrupts things

like whether your family members live or die.