Topic: Poll: Four Years After the Fall of the Taliban, Afghans Optimistic About the Future

Italian Guy · January 15th, 2006

Do you want to know what the Afghanis think about their own situation today?

Check it out here.

Missileer · January 16th, 2006

Now that's the kind of optimism I would like to see spread throughout the Middle East.

headspace · January 16th, 2006

Forgive me for doubting the source. (and the very small sample size)

clicky from bbc doubting this poll

It can be seen from both sides

phoenix80 · January 16th, 2006

one thing I noticed between Iraq and Afghanistan was the way people began building their country.

Afghans quietly are buidling their ruined country while Arabs are fighting the Americans!

Why is that?

BTW

BBC is mouthpiece of anti-US kids!

headspace · January 16th, 2006

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Originally Posted by phoenix80

BBC is mouthpiece of anti-US kids!

While ABC news is well balanced and impartial

phoenix80 · January 16th, 2006

not really!

All MSM, to me, are mouthpiece of anti-America kids and hippies

But hearing or seeing a pro-US story on ABC is surprising and seeing some thing anti-US in BBC is not!

Italian Guy · January 16th, 2006

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Originally Posted by headspace

Forgive me for doubting the source. (and the very small sample size)

clicky from bbc doubting this poll

It can be seen from both sides

No problem, HS. But where exactly in the BBC article do they address the very poll credibility?

headspace · January 16th, 2006

Apologies IG, I meant the spirit of the poll rather than the actual poll itself - my bad for innacurate language.

And yes to Phoenix, i see your point - it's ABC - not FOX!

I just worry about a poll carried out of 1000 individuals paid for by a US news agency.

I am not doubting that there have been improvements and I also agree that after the Taleban, a government run by Al Capone would have been an improvement.

phoenix80 · January 16th, 2006

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Originally Posted by headspace

Apologies IG, I meant the spirit of the poll rather than the actual poll itself - my bad for innacurate language.

And yes to Phoenix, i see your point - it's ABC - not FOX!

I just worry about a poll carried out of 1000 individuals paid for by a US news agency.

I am not doubting that there have been improvements and I also agree that after the Taleban, a government run by Al Capone would have been an improvement.

good point and then you tell me why the leftists still detest the US for its actions in Afghanistan?

headspace · January 16th, 2006

I can't answer that. I agreed with the invasion of Afghanistan. I am not aware of any leftist opinion on that invasion, but I am based in the UK.

I'm just a cynic when it comes to sources of news stories! There is so much PR spin about Afghanistan being the model for future. I think it is dangerous to say "it worked in Afghanistan therefore it will work in XX country"

January 15th, 2006	Post 1
Italian Guy Milforum Hitman Gear	Post; Poll: Four Years After the Fall of the Taliban, Afghans Optimistic About the Future Do you want to know what the Afghanis think about their own situation today? Check it out here. __________________ "Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it". Pericles.

January 16th, 2006	Post 2
Missileer Nuclear Duck Hunter Gear	Now that's the kind of optimism I would like to see spread throughout the Middle East. __________________ “War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.” —John Stuart Mill

January 16th, 2006	Post 3
headspace Immunes	Forgive me for doubting the source. (and the very small sample size) clicky from bbc doubting this poll It can be seen from both sides

January 16th, 2006	Post 4
phoenix80 Banned Gear	one thing I noticed between Iraq and Afghanistan was the way people began building their country. Afghans quietly are buidling their ruined country while Arabs are fighting the Americans! Why is that? BTW BBC is mouthpiece of anti-US kids!

January 16th, 2006	Post 6
phoenix80 Banned Gear	not really! All MSM, to me, are mouthpiece of anti-America kids and hippies But hearing or seeing a pro-US story on ABC is surprising and seeing some thing anti-US in BBC is not!

January 16th, 2006	Post 8
headspace Immunes	Apologies IG, I meant the spirit of the poll rather than the actual poll itself - my bad for innacurate language. And yes to Phoenix, i see your point - it's ABC - not FOX! I just worry about a poll carried out of 1000 individuals paid for by a US news agency. I am not doubting that there have been improvements and I also agree that after the Taleban, a government run by Al Capone would have been an improvement.

January 16th, 2006	Post 10
headspace Immunes	I can't answer that. I agreed with the invasion of Afghanistan. I am not aware of any leftist opinion on that invasion, but I am based in the UK. I'm just a cynic when it comes to sources of news stories! There is so much PR spin about Afghanistan being the model for future. I think it is dangerous to say "it worked in Afghanistan therefore it will work in XX country"

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