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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (159522)3/23/2005 7:22:28 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
As for the folks in Baghdad being optimistic about the future, of course they are optimistic...that's human nature

They weren't optimistic under Saddam, at least if you believe what they have to say about it. For that matter, the bloggers in Damascus don't sound too optimistic either. A really rotten government can do that to you.

BTW, the Iraqis have been optimistic ever since the liberation, according to the polls, even during the worst of the insurgency. You keep hearing the same thing from the bloggers - we didn't live under Saddam, we just existed.

A curious factoid: a higher percentage of Iraqis think their country is on the right track than Americans do.
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