Poll shows optimistic Iraqis

[daveleau]

Poll from inside Iraq:
http://www.aei.org/news/newsID.19153...ews_detail.asp

Asked to name one country they would most like Iraq to model its new government on from five possibilities--neighboring, Baathist Syria; neighbor and Islamic monarchy Saudi Arabia; neighbor and Islamist republic Iran; Arab lodestar Egypt; or the U.S.--the most popular model by far was the U.S. The U.S. was preferred as a model by 37 percent of Iraqis selecting from those five--more than Syria, Iran and Egypt put together. Saudi Arabia was in second place at 28 percent. Again, there were important demographic splits. Younger adults are especially favorable toward the U.S., and Shiites are more admiring than Sunnis. Interestingly, Iraqi Shiites, coreligionists with Iranians, do not admire Iran's Islamist government; the U.S. is six times as popular with them as a model for governance.

[J-Excel]

Wow. This flies in the face of the way the media portays their attitudes. I hope they get what they want.

[RADAR1797]

Dave,

Flies squarely in the face of what Clubmed has asserted. How ever can we rationalize the diametric points of view?

-RADAR

[Terminal23]

Heard about this yesterday on Rush Limbaugh.Sounds encouraging.

[shahani]

Good article.

[Epidemic]

Again I say this is so news worthy it is not funny!

You invade a country, blow up their infrastructure, kill some of their friends and family, take over all facets of their lives and achieve thes kind of poll numbers.

Tremendous achievement troops and leadership. Amazing!!!

Not newsworthy though.