March 16, 2004
IF ONLY AMERICANS WERE THIS HAPPY:
Survey finds hope in occupied Iraq (BBC, 3/16/04)
The survey, carried out for the BBC and other broadcasters, also suggests many are optimistic about the next 12 months and opposed to violence.But of the 2,500 people questioned, 85% said the restoration of public security must be a major priority.
Opinion was split about who should be responsible, with an Iraqi government scoring highest. [...]
Seventy per cent of people said that things were going well or quite well in their lives, while only 29% felt things were bad.
And 56% said that things were better now than they were before the war.
John Kerry thinks Saddam should still be governing them. Posted by Orrin Judd at March 16, 2004 5:54 PM
He does, but only on odd numbered days.
Posted by: Peter at March 17, 2004 3:09 AMif 85% of the people think that restoring 'public security' is a 'major priority', it shouldn't be very hard to do, should it?
Posted by: JonofAtlanta at March 17, 2004 11:08 AMYou'd be surprised how few it takes to monkeywrench the 85% majority. I don't know the figure, but it's definitely under 15%.
Remember the DC Sniper? How two guys, one car, and one rifle were able to monkeywrench a good chunk of the Eastern Seaboard? I was hearing of mass-hysteria freakouts from friends up in CENTRAL PENNSYLANIA. A lot more than "85%" thought "increasing public security was a major priority" during that whole thing, but Mohammed & Malvo (M&M?) still kept shooting and skipping around regardless.
Posted by: Ken at March 18, 2004 12:36 PM