March 18, 2007
Are Iraqis better off? Depends on who you ask
American Defeatocrats are fond of asking backers of the war -- in the most accusing, snide tone possible -- "So, do you think the Iraqis are better off now than they were before we destroyed their country?"
The answer is implicit in the question: Of course not.
Too bad Iraqis don't seem to agree.
MOST Iraqis believe life is better for them now than it was under Saddam Hussein, according to a British opinion poll published today.
The survey of more than 5,000 Iraqis found the majority optimistic despite their suffering in sectarian violence since the American-led invasion four years ago this week.
One in four Iraqis has had a family member murdered, says the poll by Opinion Research Business. In Baghdad, the capital, one in four has had a relative kidnapped and one in three said members of their family had fled abroad.
But when asked whether they preferred life under Saddam, the dictator who was executed last December, or under Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, most replied that things were better for them today.
Only 27% think there is a civil war in Iraq, compared with 61% who do not, according to the survey carried out last month.
By a majority of two to one, Iraqis believe military operations now under way will disarm all militias. More than half say security will improve after a withdrawal of multinational forces.
Well whattaya know? Even them furriners would rather be free in a chaotic, dangerous society with a shot at vanquishing the enemy, instead of just numb members of the walking dead, existing -- not living -- in the illusory safety of a mad tyrant's fever-dream regime.
Do the anti-American, anti-Western, anti-Everything Moonbats ever grow weary of being wrong?
Posted by Mike Lief at March 18, 2007 09:38 PM
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