[Vision2020] Iraq: The peoples view

[Matt Decker]

Answer to Democrats,

Its a country issue not a party line issue. We should try to figure out how 
to get out of that hell hole.

Matt

>From: "Art Deco" <deco at moscow.com>
>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Iraq: The peoples view
>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:43:57 -0700
>
>Question to Republicans:
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>Now that we have broken Iraq, how do we fix it?
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>
>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
>deco at moscow.com
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>----- 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
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>>Has public support against Iraq war reached 'tipping point' in US, 
>>Britain?
>>By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com
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>>....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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