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Motorboat Cruiser · 08-10-2006, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

I also believe that huge numbers of Iraqis are grateful we are there. I also beliee that Iraqis want the foreign nationals out of their country more than they want the US out.

I'm not sure that the massive demonstration that occurred last weekend with over 100,000 Iraqis chanting "death to america" would support this. I never hear the Iraqis state "we want the foreign nationals out", rather I hear them say "we want the americans out". You are free to believe what you want but I have seen little evidence to back that assertion up. Iraq is becoming a theocracy and the opportunity for any real democracy is long gone. They understand this. We, however, haven't quite caught up.

scaeagles · 08-10-2006, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

I'm not sure that the massive demonstration that occurred last weekend with over 100,000 Iraqis chanting "death to america" would support this.

Quite a protest, to be sure. Is this in response to day to day operations in Iraq or the Israel/Hezbollah situation? Perhaps both. Iraqis, I'm sure, have no more love for Israel than most other Arab nations.

Motorboat Cruiser · 08-10-2006, 01:04 PM

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Is this in response to day to day operations in Iraq or the Israel/Hezbollah situation? Perhaps both.

Perhaps? Every poll taken has shown that more than two-thirds of all Iraqi's want us gone. Remove the Kurds from the poll and the number rises to over 80%. Even our military commanders have backed this up.

scaeagles · 08-10-2006, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

Perhaps? Every poll taken has shown that more than two-thirds of all Iraqi's want us gone. Remove the Kurds from the poll and the number rises to over 80%. Even our military commanders have backed this up.

I wasn't suggesting that the majority of Iraqis at this point do no want us out. I was simply saying that the timing would seem to indicate that the Israeli situaiton was coming into play as well, particularly with the Iraqi PM being very vocally critical of Israel.