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StrictHere’s a stunning bit of information you’re not likely to see played out too much in the mainstream media. A recent public opinion poll found that by a margin of two to one, most Iraqis are still optimistic about their future and prefer life under the current government to life under Saddam:
One in four Iraqis has had a family member murdered… in Baghdad, the capital, one in four has had a relative kidnapped…. But when asked whether they preferred life under Saddam, the dictator who was executed last December, or under Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, most replied that things were better for them today.
Amazing. This poll was conducted by Opinion Research Business (ORB), a “respected British market research company that funded its own survey of 5,019 Iraqis over the age of 18.”
“We’ve been polling in Iraq since 2005 and the finding that most surprised us was how many Iraqis expressed support for the present government,” said Johnny Heald, managing director of ORB. “Given the level of violence in Iraq, it shows an unexpected level of optimism.”