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Originally posted by Colin
Would you rather poll the Kurds in the North or the Shiites in the South? Saddam had more support in Baghdad than either region.
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What would you say to a western reporter when polled with thousands of armed US troops hunting out anti-americanism ? Apparently the poll was conducted with gunfire and explosions going on around, fuck, I'd be running to the nearest microphone to express my undying love for the weapon-wielders. Not to mention when the pollsters got to certain hardcore anti-western areas, they left when recognised gun shots were sounded to signal the arrival of 'Westerner' targets. Don't forget the 50,000 bounty on every Westerners head.
Run that poll in Tikrit, Fallujah or any one of a load more cities and you will get completely different results.
That poll is not a true reflection of how Iraqi's feel. Bloody sure of that.
It's an interesting poll, gathered under extremely harsh conditions with a very small sample in just one city, albeit by far the largest. But that's all it is, hardly 'Iraqi thinking'.
I think the tragic and very sad American body count says far more.