Poll-Bats
Personally, my take on polls is that very few can be taken seriously. I became virtually irreversibly (is that a word?) unpersuadable in my views about polls thanks largely to Jimmy Carter. I voted for the moron those many years ago because the pollsters said to. Ever since then, I sneer and leer at polls.
However, the Leftinistra and MANY others live by the polls and this one is driving the MOONBATS well, even MORE moonbatty!!
From The Sunday Times
March 18, 2007
Iraqis: life is getting better
Only 27% think there is a civil war in Iraq, compared with 61% who do not, according to the survey carried out last month.
DESPITE sectarian slaughter, ethnic cleansing and suicide bombs, an opinion poll conducted on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq has found a striking resilience and optimism among the inhabitants.
The poll, the biggest since coalition troops entered Iraq on March 20, 2003, shows that by a majority of two to one, Iraqis prefer the current leadership to Saddam Hussein’s regime, regardless of the security crisis and a lack of public services.
The survey, published today, also reveals that contrary to the views of many western analysts, most Iraqis do not believe they are embroiled in a civil war.
Officials in Washington and London are likely to be buoyed by the poll conducted by Opinion Research Business (ORB), a respected British market research company that funded its own survey of 5,019 Iraqis over the age of 18.
KARADEH used to be an affluent shopping area of Baghdad. It boomed for a while after the American invasion as goods flooded into Iraq after years of sanctions. But as sectarian violence intensified, the store fronts became shuttered and shell-pocked.
In a vote of confidence in the surge by US troops, the shops were reopening last week. Hareth Salah, a 24-year-old student, said he had stopped attending courses at his technical college when the surge began last month.
It is no wonder, then, that the Leftinistra amongst the American population and their puppets in CONgress are “Rather” upset with this news.
It shows that they, once again, are on the WRONG side of this issue!!
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