A most interesting Iraqi opinion poll is out

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Makes for excellent and thoughtful reading. You can download the full PDF of it at the end of the page. Wouldn't have minded more data on who they spoke to specifically but I do like that the first page indicates they went to a variety of cities to get the answers.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 04:33 (twenty-two years ago)

"56% said that things were better now than they were before the war. Almost half (49%) believed the invasion of Iraq by the US-led coalition was right, although 41% felt that the invasion "humiliated Iraq".

Almost half! And this is supposed to exonerate US war policy??!?

― Aimless (Aimless), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 04:45 (twenty-two years ago)

2,500 people polled. wonder who, where, etc...

― mullygrubber (gaz), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 04:48 (twenty-two years ago)

And this is supposed to exonerate US war policy??!?

No, it's supposed to provide a statistical snapshot of the Iraqi people today. The poll itself seems to be pretty neutral politically. Iraqis see improvement? Sure. Going from abysmal, grinding poverty under a tyrannical madman to disorganized police state with no exit strategy is, technically speaking, an improvement.

― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 04:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I was about to say, the article clearly states that the poll was *not* commissioned by the US or the CA, but by the BBC and other media sources.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 06:23 (twenty-two years ago)

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