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To: Road Walker who wrote (494676)	7/13/2009 10:06:45 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572384

If you did a poll, I wonder how many would say they are better off today than they were before they were "liberated'. A poll taken in Feb. 2009 showed that 64% of Iraqis preferred a democracy over an islamic state (19%) or "strong leader" (14%). I would say that, more than any other poll, tells the story. Other items from the same poll are significant, as well -- 79% also believe that "reconciliation and cooperation" between Sunnis and Shiites is likely (this, of course, is contrary to what we've been told by the Left on this thread -- that these two groups can NEVER get along). It will be a few years after the US withdrawal before we can develop a meaningful sense of whether the Iraqi people can appreciate their liberation.