The Iraqis - They LOVE Us!

[Mephisto]

Poll: Iraqis back attacks on U.S. troops

By BARRY SCHWEID,
AP Diplomatic Writer Thu Sep 28, 2:05 PM ET

WASHINGTON - About six in 10 Iraqis say they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, and slightly more than that want their government to ask U.S. troops to leave within a year, according to a poll in that country.

The Iraqis also have negative views of Osama bin Laden, according to the early September poll of 1,150.

The poll, done for University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes, found:

_Almost four in five Iraqis say the U.S. military force in Iraq provokes more violence than it prevents.

_About 61 percent approved of the attacks — up from 47 percent in January. A solid majority of Shiite and Sunni Arabs approved of the attacks, according to the poll. The increase came mostly among Shiite Iraqis.

_An overwhelmingly negative opinion of terror chief bin Laden and more than half, 57 percent, disapproving of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

_Three-fourths say they think the United States plans to keep military bases in Iraq permanently.

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Isn't it great? Democracy in action in Iraq.

 

[a_unique_person]

_Three-fourths say they think the United States plans to keep military bases in Iraq permanently.

I thought that was already a done deal. Iraq was supposed to provide a good 'platform' for US forces in the area.

 

[Mephisto]

I thought that was already a done deal. Iraq was supposed to provide a good 'platform' for US forces in the area.

Maybe we told them we were building Wal-Marts?

 

[Darth Rotor]

I thought that was already a done deal. Iraq was supposed to provide a good 'platform' for US forces in the area.

The same objections will be voiced by various activists as was voiced by a number of Saudis over the King allowing the US to put bases on their soil after the Gulf War in 1991. This is a predictable view by Iraqis who can easily see what the US did in Saudi, and what it took to get US to pull back from that basing effort.

If you look at it from their point of view, you can hardly blame them. It looks like an army of occupation without too much imagination added. Army's of occupation, rather than mutual security, don't tend to be well received. Some Japanese are still working on getting the US to leave Okinawa.

I don't think anyone in Washington has, or likely will, be able to sell "we are here to defend you from X ominous threat to your sovereignty (Iran, whoever)" successfully to a critical mass of people in Iraq.

So, their sentiment must be considered.

Americans are foreigners in Iraq.

DR

 

[Mephisto]

The same objections will be voiced by various activists as was voiced by a number of Saudis over the King allowing the US to put bases on their soil after the Gulf War in 1991. This is a predictable view by Iraqis who can easily see what the US did in Saudi, and what it took to get US to pull back from that basing effort.

If you look at it from their point of view, you can hardly blame them. It looks like an army of occupation without too much imagination added. Army's of occupation, rather than mutual security, don't tend to be well received. Some Japanese are still working on getting the US to leave Okinawa.

I don't think anyone in Washington has, or likely will, be able to sell "we are here to defend you from X ominous threat to your sovereignty (Iran, whoever)" successfully to a critical mass of people in Iraq.

So, their sentiment must be considered.

Americans are foreigners in Iraq.

DR

Haven't you heard, DR - we're liberators.

Isn't it ironic that Bin Laden was responsible for 9/11 and hates the west because of permanent bases in Saudi Arabia - so we attack a country completely unrelated to Bin Laden's attack and what do we do? Install permanent bases. A child could practically predict the outcome of that maneuver, why couldn't our administration?