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Life in Iraq...

Mon, 12/12/2005 - 9:56am — The Fire Inside
ABCNews, Time, the BBC, NHK, and Der Spiegel had a poll conducted by Oxford Research International asking 1,711 Iraqi people their view on the current situation in their country.

The results?

70% said their own personal situation was good!

"Despite the daily violence there, most living conditions are rated positively, seven in 10 Iraqis say their own lives are going well, and nearly two-thirds expect things to improve in the year ahead."

"Across Iraq, most local conditions are rated positively — and more so than in early 2004. This survey finds 10- to 13-point gains in ratings of local crime protection, security and medical care, as well as in the still-problematic areas of electric supply and jobs."

Of course, we're far from perfection. If you add it up, about 45% of the people would like to see the US leave in the very near future. The situation there, however, would hardly appear to be as dire as some in this country continue to portray it. It would almost appear we're inching closer to an exit with Iraq as a reasonable level of success.

Link: http://abcnews.go.com/International/PollVault/story?id=1389228

Comments

Mon, 12/12/2005 - 10:34am — Robert Whitlock

I think you stopped reading t

I think you stopped reading this article before you reached the headline: "Negatives." Under that headline it says that fully two-thirds of Iraqi's oppose US and coalition troop presence in Iraq!
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Mon, 12/12/2005 - 10:51am — The Fire Inside

I think you stopped reading m

I think you stopped reading my entry before I pointed out some of the negatives.

From my original entry:

"Of course, we're far from perfection. If you add it up, about 45% of the people would like to see the US leave in the very near future."

I apologize if I didn't do a bullet-by-bullet summary of the article (which is why I provided a link). I'll be sure to do that next time.

Mon, 12/12/2005 - 11:19am — The Fire Inside

I haven't read President Bush

I haven't read President Bush's entire transcript of his speech today but it is good he took commentary from the audience, which is something many, including myself, had been increasingly frustrated at.

He was correct in stating that a democractic Iraq is a threat to many governments in the region, simply because if Iraq is able to succeed, it will give reformers in their own countries the ammunition they need to possibly topple the established authority.

Iraq has everything from their neighboring countries to an American public working against them and, it would appear, an increasingly smaller base actually hoping to see this through to the (bitter?) end.

Mon, 12/12/2005 - 12:10pm — Rob Richards

I agree that democracy is nee

I agree that democracy is needed in this region. So far it seems to be the best system. I'm just not convinced that the Bush Adminstration knows what it's doing. I think they are good at business leadership, but not political leadership.