Majority of Iraqis pessimistic, poll shows

[Judi Lynn]

Majority of Iraqis pessimistic, poll shows
Corruption, lack of electricity and jobs make outlook grim
Bruce Wallace, Washington Post

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Baghdad -- A majority of Iraqis say their country is in dismal economic shape and getting worse, with 3 of 4 respondents also describing security in the country as poor, according to a new poll conducted by a conservative American think tank.

The poll reveals a population with little optimism about its economic future. The findings show that Iraqis believe jobs are harder to find, electrical service is poorer, and corruption has increased dramatically since last year.

And 62 percent of respondents said Iraq is more politically divided today than in the past.

The results were culled from 2,804 face-to-face interviews from across the country by the International Republican Institute in Washington. The interviews were conducted by Iraqi pollsters and included responses from the violence-ridden western Anbar province for the first time since the institute began regular opinion surveys in May 2004.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/29/MNGI1IHMB41.DTL

[Dunvegan]

1. I hope the majority of Iraqis know that...

...a majority of Ameicans are pessimistic about Bush and Iraq, also.

[Waya]

2. Well, at least the Iraqi People...

.and the American People have that in common.....

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Better report to the nearest Halliburton Re-education Camp, Judi

Now, repeat after Tony Snow: Everything is peachy in Iraq; there is no civil war in Iraq; all Iraqis except the malcontents want to be Americans and Southern Baptists; we are making progress and it is a lot of hard work; our leader says so, therefore it is the truth.

[bluerum]

4. duh. just duh.

[sandnsea]

5. Well, the media isn't telling them the good news

:sarcasm:

[Nickster]

6. Gee, who wouldda thunk it?

[AndyTiedye]

7. Substitute "Americans" For "Iraqis"

A majority of AMERICANS say their country is in dismal economic shape and getting worse, with 3 of 4 respondents also describing security in the country as poor…a population with little optimism about its economic future. … AMERICANS believe jobs are harder to find, electrical service is poorer, and corruption has increased dramatically…

And 62 percent of respondents said Iraq is more politically divided today than in the past.

[0007]

8. Hmmmm

Wonder how this would poll, if the U.S. pulled out and Saddam took over again?

[bluerum]

12. I wonder how many Iraqis would still be alive if not for *.

[Barrett808]

9. And this is from IRI

A real polling research group would probably find significantly more pessimistic attitudes.

[Barrett808]

10. "1 percent said they trust U.S.-led coalition forces"

Only 1 percent said they trust U.S.-led coalition forces for their personal protection.

[BuyingThyme]

11. Civil war under occupation universally leads to this phenomenon.

[Quantess]

13. What do you suppose is the RW spin on this?

How would freepers rationalize this factoid away?
#1 Those Iraqis are just negative naysayers, gloomy gusses. Maybe depressed.
#2 The Iraqis only hear the bad news in Iraq, from biased media.
#3 They are hoping "Operation Iraqi Freedom" fails, because they hate our freedom.