And the survey says…..!
Ran across this link from Neptunus Lex. It is a survey that, on the whole, suggests that Iraqi’s are much more upbeat about their situation and the future.
There are a few oddball things in it, but I attribute most of it to the folks responsible for the survey - the BBC and ABC News. I’m nearly positive it was not presented in a biased fashion. ABC and the BBC have both been extremely strong supporters of the Iraq W…..just kidding.
I found it interesting that on the same page of the BBC site of this article, there were two completely divergent articles in sequence on the sidebar. As though the BBC can’t make up their mind whether it’s going good or going bad-
Which is it? Who knows. It’s almost as clear as our hopeychangey Congress trying to showcase their understanding of capitalism.
Here’s a link to the pdf file that has the actual survey results. It’s fun to flip through. There are some interesting numbers in there. Just keep in mind that Iraqi’s (according to this survey) look on the United States about the same as they do Iran.
A few comments -
1) The Messiah is sort of panned in Q29.
2) They think it’s pretty damn positive that the Sunni’s got on board this election cycle - Q35
3) Q45 is a riot - we’re right up there with Iran.
4) Oddly, on Q20, 53% think the US still controls the country but on Q19,
5) 61% of respondents believe that the Iraqi Council of Representatives will not “prevent or reduce official corruption” (unofficial corruption isn’t addressed). On a positive note, the other 29% is still a much higher approval rating than our own Congress has.
Lots of fun reading.
