60% of Iraqis want U.S. to stay until situation is "more stable"

[Clarkie1]

Turns out most Iraqis do not want to the U.S. to leave a.s.a.p. (well, depending on what your interpretation of "a.s.a.p." is).

"A private Iraqi poll this week found that nearly 100 percent of Iraqis want U.S.-led coalition troops to leave Iraq. Forty percent said "immediately," but 60 percent said foreign troops should stay until Iraq is more stable."

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10468746/#storyContinued

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

1. If I Were Them I'd Want Them To Stay For A Bit Longer Too,

But just with a better plan and strategy, and without all the ancillary damage.

[MichiganVote]

2. Then I guess the Iraqi's better get cracking b/c we want out of what

58% of the country from the very beginning were opposed to in the first place.

[wtmusic]

3. Smells funny...a British poll from two months ago

said that 80% want us the hell out...now.

[Clarkie1]

4. link?

[wtmusic]

6. you betcha

http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/23/wirq23.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/10/23/ixportaltop.html

[Clarkie1]

7. Well, I'm not going to say either poll is valid or invalid.

I honestly don't know.

This one is the most recent one there (whatever it's worth), and the questions are not precisely worded the same as in the previous poll. Perhaps that has something to do with it.

[Lerkfish]

11. where's the link on the newer poll?

I didn't see it in the story. It just said a "private poll".

please linky if you got it.

[wtmusic]

13. I'm sure it's next to impossible to get a representative sample

with the country in the condition it's in. Nonetheless, I wouldn't believe a word out of MSNBC. They've been war cheerleaders from day one, and failed to even acknowledge the story on the British poll.

[EFerrari]

5. I thought Chalabi could only count money.

:shrug:

[Lerkfish]

8. wow, that didn't sound like propaganda.

sheesh.

also, why quote a "private poll" without reference? for all we know, he polled all the Iraqis in the hotel bar?

who ran the poll?

since reporters don't leave the green zone or their hotel, how representative are the people he's talking to?

[ultraist]

14. Exactly. Who paid for that poll? n/t

And yes, that whole article reads like propoganda: "children turned empty streets into impromptu soccer fields. " Their using the soccer thing again? :eyes:

[Clarkie1]

16. Good questions. n/t

[LoZoccolo]

18. If it was propaganda, there'd be a lot more than 60% wanting them to stay.

Plus there'd be a lot more wanting them to stay indefinately.

[wtmusic]

19. it's almost-believable propaganda

the most dangerous kind

[Lerkfish]

24. the propaganda part isn't the poll, its the unnamed Iraqis praising

Bush.

Besides, a poll that says more want us to stay longer still permits permanent bases.

[madeline_con]

9. Depends on which Iraqi you ask, no? n/t

[Lerkfish]

12. right. as I pointed out, reporters don't leave the green zone.

so who are they polling?

[madeline_con]

21. hotel employees? n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Don't 80% want us gone?

[bullimiami]

15. "a private iraqi poll" apparently comes up with results noone else does.

and the newswhores at msnbc prini it without question.

[Clarkie1]

17. I think we should all e-mail NBC and ask for the parameters of this poll.

[stickdog]

20. This poll brought to you by the Pentagon News Service.

You can't spell penis without PNS!

[wtmusic]

22. They didn't open any schools, but there WAS a fashion show

no electricity, no water...but *what* a fashion show it was. Mmm.

[mmonk]

23. Hhhhhmmmmm...

Sounds so different from that other poll where 82% wants us out and 45% say its ok to shoot American soldiers. Also, we've been getting all the election coverage and rosey outlooks from the media all of the sudden. Given the media's track record, don't mind me if I take it all with a grain of salt. And don't mind me if I have a problem with "pre-emptive' war and occupations and dishonest reasons, and our rogue status according to international law.