if what you've said wasn't the absolute truth no matter who took the poll from the pool of DemocRat polling toadies.
Posted on 09/23/2003 10:19:58 PM PDT by kattracks
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most residents of Baghdad say that ousting Saddam Hussein was worth the hardships they've endured since then, says a Gallup poll that shows they are divided on whether the country is worse off or better off than before the U.S. invasion.Two-thirds, 67 percent, say they think that Iraq will be in better condition five years from now than it was before the U.S.-led invasion. Only 8 percent say they think it will be worse off.
But they're not convinced that Iraq is better off now -- 47 percent said the country is worse off than before the invasion and 33 percent said it is better off.
The Gallup poll of 1,178 adults was conducted face to face in the respondents' household from Aug. 28 through Sept. 4 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Gallup plans to poll extensively in the coming months and years in Iraq and has established a center in Baghdad to coordinate the polling effort.
The survey found that 62 percent think ousting Saddam was worth the hardships they have endured since the invasion. In the five months since coalition forces defeated Saddam and his armies, Iraq has faced continuing violence, electrical outages, job shortages and civil unrest.
Six in 10 said they have a favorable view of the new Iraqi Governing Council, but most see its priorities as set by coalition authorities. Half said the coalition authorities are doing a better job now than two months ago, while 14 percent said they were doing a worse job.
Richard Burkholder, head of the Gallup team in Baghdad, said residents of the city of more than 6 million were eager to talk with his researchers and most who were contacted agreed to be interviewed in their own homes. Gallup drew its sample from different neighborhoods throughout the capital.
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the New York Times to pick up on this...
Foreign press: "Go Hussein Go!"
I would bet the rent that any one of the Ten Tin Horn Dems would get 90% support from the Saddam Loyalist in Iraq. After all.... They both share a common thread, they want us to fail in bringing democracy to Iraq
The Pigs are still flying by my window as I speak :-)
if what you've said wasn't the absolute truth no matter who took the poll from the pool of DemocRat polling toadies.
And hell must be freezin' over ;-)
"In one our top stories this morning, a recent poll has found that a sizeable percentage of Iraqis, over one third of them, were not optimistic about Iraq's future and did not think that the ouster of Saddam Hussein was worth the sacrifices that have endured."
"We will have a more in-depth analysis of this disturbing development later in our program."
Sadly, that's basically what it comes down to. And, you can add most of the American press to that.
Correct. They're included in "foreign."
;-)
Before the war, did you have a government job that now doesn't exist?
None of the talking heads mention the fact that almost all of those who are now worse off are/were Baathists who had cush jobs due to their allegiance to SadMan. If that were included in the poll, we'd be seeing a much clearer picture. Those that are glad he's gone are those who didn't make their living being his bootlickers. The former bootlickers are the ones who are unhappy - plus those families who may have suffered a loss due to the release of thousands of criminals from the prisons.
Michael
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