No doubt you'll be seeing this news story in your local newspaper. ... or not.
People with friends or relatives serving in Iraq are more likely than others to have a positive view of a generally unpopular war, an AP-Ipsos poll found. Some of those surveyed said their relationships with troops helped them learn more about what's going on in Iraq beyond the violence. Others said their opinions of the war were shaped by a sense of loyalty to those in harm's way.Emphasis added. I love that little trick. The "bias by omission." Nowhere in this article does the AP address the matter of the AP's coverage of Iraq. But if you read between the lines, the gap between what the mil families say and what everyone else says is largely due to the fact that the mil families have access to a picture of Iraq, and the U.S. mission there, that the rest of us lack. Because the rest of us have to rely on the AP and its big media sisters. And all they show us is overwhelmingly violent and negative.
A solid majority of those who did not know anyone in Iraq said they thought the war was a mistake, 61 percent, compared to 36 percent who thought it was the right decision. Those who had a relative or friend there were almost evenly split, 49 percent right decision, 47 percent mistake.Uh-huh.After Ted Chittum of Bourbon, Ind., had a chance to talk at length with his cousin who served in Iraq, he said he got a different picture of what was going on in the country.
"He talked about all the good things that are going on," said Chittum, a school superintendent and a political independent who supports the war effort. "Schools are opening up. The people are friendly, wanting our help. You get a whole different spin from what you get on television."
"From most of the information I get, the people over there fighting basically are proud to be there and feel they're doing something good," said Sally Dowling, a bank employee from Mesa, Ariz., who said her boss's son is serving in Iraq. "That brings it home more than if I didn't know anybody."Yup. Oh, and that cassandra shriek about Americans turning into a pack of little fascists who want to stifle all dissent?
An overwhelming number of people say critics of the Iraq war should be free to voice their objections. Nearly three weeks after a grieving California mother named Cindy Sheehan started her anti-war protest near Bush's Texas ranch, nine of 10 people surveyed in the AP-Ipsos poll say it's OK for war opponents to share publicly their concerns about the conflict.
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Well, just look at the way Iraq is turning out nowadays. Tolerant? Egalatarian? Respectful of womens' rights? Hell no. In fact it appears now women will have significantly less rights than they did under Saddam. And the majority of Iraq is getting reeeeeeeally close to Iran... So anyone who says American troops are over there in Iraq dying for nothing is wrong: The troops are furthering the interests of Iran and Islamic fundamentalism! Congratulations!!!
Here comes the mass graves for dissidents also! Where do you think the US Army is sending its old chemical munitions? Kurdistan, of course!
Tom,
I'd like to know where they are sending their old atomic weapons?
Is there a surplus sale?
There will be a revote on the constitution in year two and year 4.
Coalitions will change. The interests of the people will be represented.
Democracy is a process not an end point.
M Simon- They are sending them to NM, so when NM secedes from the US and forms the Pecoslovakian Peoples Republic, we will be the third largest nuclear power in the world.
Wow Hank, you sound really scared. Stay in your closet untile the hard work is done.
Wow Hank, you sound really scared. Stay in your closet until the hard work is done.
The disturbing implication of Hank's post is that the natural impulse of Iraqis is so misogynistic that Iraq needs to be governed by a strong-man dicatator who will deny any personal liberty.
All hail equality of oppression.