New Poll:Majority of Iraqis Approve of Attacks on U.S.

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An Overwhelming Majority Think U.S. Forces Are Provoking Conflict

Sept. 27, 2006 — The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland has conducted a poll on the war in Iraq.

Here are a few of the poll's findings:

Six in 10 Iraqis approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, up from fewer than half in an earlier PIPA poll in January.

Nearly eight in 10 say the U.S. presence in Iraq is provoking more conflict than it's preventing (as opposed to being "a stabilizing force.")

Forty-seven percent say the country is headed in the right direction, down from 64 percent in January.

Sixty-three percent say the Maliki government is doing a good job (17 percent "very good.")
Most have confidence in the Iraqi army (64 percent) and police (71 percent) to protect their security. More than eight in 10 lack such confidence in U.S. troops.

Thirty-seven percent want U.S. troops to withdraw within six months; an additional 34 percent want them to withdraw within the next year.

Fifty-three percent are confident that Iraqi security forces will be strong enough to deal with security challenges in six months, up 14 points since January.

[gixxerboy]

I don't get it/ The majority of Iraqis don't want us there. Our country doesn't want us there. So why are we staying. Bush made a comment that he doesn't care if only Laura and Barney (the dog) agree with him he is not leaving Iraq. Doesn't that say something? Isn't he supposed to be representative of the people. Sounds like he wants to be a dictator.

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Originally Posted by gixxerboy

I don't get it/ The majority of Iraqis don't want us there. Our country doesn't want us there. So why are we staying. Bush made a comment that he doesn't care if only Laura and Barney (the dog) agree with him he is not leaving Iraq. Doesn't that say something? Isn't he supposed to be representative of the people. Sounds like he wants to be a dictator.

Yes, I think you're right, he would like to be a dictator ... opening people's mail, listeneing to your phone calls, finding out what library books you read, throwing your ass in jail without a trial or sending you to Syrian torture chambers on the slightest suspicion you may be a terrorist ... altho in his mind I am sure he thinks he is only doing his best to protect Americans from terrorism.

I just hear a rumour that he's fired Von Rumsfeld and appointed barney in his place.

[THL]

We will never leave Iraq. It wont be long before the World demand of oil exceeds the production. A shortage of oil would be devastating for the US and the rest of the world but it's going to happen eventually. We need to have a strong military presence in the country that contains the 3rd largest oil field in the World or somebody else will just move in.

Of course I could be wrong here but with the lack of success we are having "liberating" the Iraqi people and the fact that the majority of them and Americans don't want us there, it seems like we would just give up and leave.

Let the flames begin.

[jasthace]

Originally Posted by THL

We will never leave Iraq. It wont be long before the World demand of oil exceeds the production. A shortage of oil would be devastating for the US and the rest of the world but it's going to happen eventually. We need to have a strong military presence in the country that contains the 3rd largest oil field in the World or somebody else will just move in.

Of course I could be wrong here but with the lack of success we are having "liberating" the Iraqi people and the fact that the majority of them and Americans don't want us there, it seems like we would just give up and leave.

Let the flames begin.

You are more then likely correct.
I just feel sorry for the soldiers, who go to war to fight for their country and against terror,some{alot} will never come home.
They should be enjoying their life, pumping iron,eating good food,fucking their woman
They make the sacrifice so the rest of us can live it and some times we take it for granted.
God bless them & America & V8 cars{I prefer Chryslers}