http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1530762.ece

March 18, 2007

Marie Colvin

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.
Margaret Beckett, the foreign secretary, said the findings pointed to progress. “There is no widespread violence in the four southern provinces and the fact that the picture is more complex than the stereotype usually portrayed is reflected in today’s poll,” she said.

Another article on this

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259405,00.html

Seems it isn't as doom and gloom as the news media and certain political parties want you to think, they don't have an agenda or anything.

Notice how this is buried on most news sites and you have to actually dig to find it, go figure right.

Journalism 101: Bad news sells.

If I were an Iraqi, I'd be more scared now than when Saddam was in power...

But I'd also have much greater hope for the future than when that tyrant ruled Iraq, as well.

Biased BBC: Life is getting worse

Communists News Network (CNN): life is getting worse

Conclusion: MSM have no shame

The news media much like the government want us all to think the world is ending and the only way to be saved is by giving them more control....

Fantastic, things are looking good. We have found the solution. The surge.

Let's hope.

Go Surge! If only someone thought of this a couple of years ago.

Well, as there are less Iraqis alive there are fewer Iraqis to ask.
With any luck in a few years the Iraqis left will all agree one way or the other.