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To: kumar who wrote (85343)	3/23/2003 9:03:03 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<Gross Generalization> I've posted a list of poll results in Muslim nations. You can easily find this data on the web. Pew Research has done the most thorough polls. Many nations, many different questions, over years. The results are what statisticians call "robust" data. That is, it is data that gives the same answer, no matter where and when you look at it, and does not depend on the exact way you ask the question. There are some types of polls (non-robust), where the answer you get depends critically on exactly how the question is asked, and changing a word or two gives different results. That is not the case, when asking Muslims what they think of the U.S. War On Terrorism. The data is robust and overwhelming. They are against it, nearly unanimously. And they don't answer "no opinion" when polled, which is what I'd expect, if your viewpoint was correct.

To: kumar who wrote (85343)	3/23/2003 9:08:16 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

> Talking to them one-on-one. I have, and believe me, those polls are conservative. And you can't compare anything that you hear from the portion of population that lives here with the mass opinions of the local population. The disparity is just too great. > Gross Generalization. Not at all. I'd say they are divided between whom they hate more, their own government that is supported by US or US itself. Do you know why after Israel, Iranian people are the most pro-American people in the middle east? Because they don't see America as the puppet master behind their government that makes their lives miserable. This was not so when Shah was there and they were every bit as anti-American after the revolution as the rest of the middle east. There is a lesson here for those who wish to see it; even when the regime is fundamentalist, if the people are left alone to progress independently, they will eventually calm down seek normal relations. ST