Iraqis, was the war worth it?

[Toro]

Apparently, the answer is "yes".

I have no opinion about the war, other than I sure hope the Americans pull it off.

This is encouraging.

2/23/2006
Sure to make it into Åsa’s next column on the “freedom fighters”
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- Michael Moynihan (Stockholm, Sweden)@ 5:47 pm

Via the website of Prof. R.J. Rummel, some interesting figures from the Brookings Institution’s “Iraq Index” which tracks the progress of post-war reconstruction and the opinions of ordinary Iraqis. According to the latest figures (February 13, 2006) Iraqis, despite countless dispiriting setbacks, are maintain a largely positive outlook for the future of their country and, more suprising, retrospectively supportive of the invasion:

Do you think Iraq today is headed in the right direction? Overall = 64%, Kurds = 76%, Shiia = 84%, and Sunni = 6%

Thinking about any hardships you might have suffered since the U.S.-Britain invasion, do you personally think that ousting Saddam Hussein was worth it? Overall = 77%, Kurds = 91%, Shiia = 98%, and Sunni = 13%

Yup, you read it right: a full eighty percent think the war was worth it. And yes, as you might have noticed, we have something of a Sunni problem. But encouraging signs, nevertheless.
- Michael Moynihan

http://www.spectator.se/stambord/?p=1113

There are other interesting responses in the polls as well starting on page 37.

The report is dated February 23, 2006. If you click on the above link, and you don't get that report, look in the archives here.

 

[Annie]

Apparently, the answer is "yes".

I have no opinion about the war, other than I sure hope the Americans pull it off.

This is encouraging.



http://www.spectator.se/stambord/?p=1113

There are other interesting responses in the polls as well starting on page 37.

The report is dated February 23, 2006. If you click on the above link, and you don't get that report, look in the archives here.

Backs up everything I've seen from the Iraqis.

 

[Bonnie]

Apparently, the answer is "yes".

I have no opinion about the war, other than I sure hope the Americans pull it off.

This is encouraging.



http://www.spectator.se/stambord/?p=1113

There are other interesting responses in the polls as well starting on page 37.

The report is dated February 23, 2006. If you click on the above link, and you don't get that report, look in the archives here.

Thank you for posting all this. It's nice to know our soldiers sacrifices are not going unnoticed.

 

[Adam's Apple]

Thanks. You can bet your bottom dollar we would not have heard about this poll in the NYT, WaPo, LA Times, AJC, CBS, CNN, ABC, etc., etc., etc.

 

[rtwngAvngr]

You have no opinion on the war? don't you think you're kind of going out on a limb with that position?