[Vision2020] Iraq: The peoples view

[J Ford]

Agreed...never shoulda been in there in the first place.

J  :]




>From: "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>
>To: deco at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Iraq: The peoples view
>Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:19:59 -0700
>
>
>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:
>>
>>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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