[Vision2020] Iraq: The peoples view

[Art Deco]

Question to Republicans:

Now that we have broken Iraq, how do we fix it?


Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Reynolds" <chapandmaize at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 1:41 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Iraq: The peoples view


> taken from the following  article in the Cristian Science Monitor
>
> Has public support against Iraq war reached 'tipping point' in US, 
> Britain?
> By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com
>
> ....one of President Bush's most often stated foreign policy goals is 
> helping to spread democracy, particularly throughout the Middle East. Yet 
> those surveyed ranked this as the least important policy.
> The US public holds a strikingly clear view of what Washington's foreign 
> policy priorities should be. The goals the public highlights range widely. 
> Those that receive the most public support are helping other nations when 
> they are struck by natural disasters (71 percent), cooperating with other 
> countries on problems such as the environment and disease control (70 
> percent), and supporting UN peacekeeping (69 percent). A surprisingly high 
> level of support shows up for goals that represent the United States' 
> humanitarian (as distinct from its political) ideals, such as improving 
> the treatment of women in other countries (57 percent), helping people in 
> poor countries get an education (51 percent), and helping countries move 
> out of poverty (40 percent). Receiving less support are goals such as 
> encouraging US businesses to invest in poor countries (22 percent). And 
> receiving the least support is "actively creating democracies in other 
> countries" (20 percent).
> The Lexington Herald-Leader at Kentucky.com recently juxtaposed polls 
> taken at the time of the original invasion of Iraq in March 2003, and 
> polls on the same issues today. Among the changes it found in public 
> opinion: In April 2003, 70 percent of respondents in an ABC-Washington 
> Post poll said the war in Iraq was worth fighting. In March 2006 only 29 
> percent in a CBS poll said results of the war were worth the cost. The 
> paper also looked at changes in statistics on Iraq and the US-led 
> coalition. For instance, when looking at the reconstruction of Iraq:
> Potable water: 50 percent of Iraqis had access before war; about 32 
> percent now.
> Electric power: Baghdad, with one-fifth of Iraq's 25 million people, had 
> power for 16 to 24 hours a day before war; just under 4 hours now.
> Crude oil production: Prewar peak was 2.5 million barrels a day; now 1.84 
> million.
> Unemployment: Estimates ranged from 50 percent to 60 percent in June 2003; 
> now 28 percent to 40 percent.
> Finally, citizens of 30 communities in Wisconsin will get a chance to vote 
> Tuesday in a nonbinding referendum on the US presence in Iraq. The measure 
> asks whether Bush should bring American troops home now. The Associated 
> Press reports that peace activists pushed to have the questions placed on 
> the ballot, even though the referendums have no bearing on federal policy.
>
>
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