The BBC conducted a
poll of Iraqis that is a bit embarrassing for war opponents, especially those who like to base their opposition on conjecture that Iraqis didn't really want to be liberated from Saddam by force, and are the worse off for it:
A wide-ranging poll commissioned by the BBC in association with other international broadcasters has given a fresh insight into the views of Iraqis a year after the US-led war. Of 2,652 Iraqis surveyed, the majority said life has got better since the war. Even more expected further improvements.
I hate to say it, but I believe kinsey was right: "[T]he anti-war crowd is so apopletic about this issue, not because you're afraid of this war being a failure, but because you're afraid of it being a success."
I can't totally blame them, though. I mean, to be completely frank: I don't want the economy to rebound until after the election. It's tough to support anything Bush does. However, there was far more on the line in Iraq than in a little economic hiccough in the richest country in the world.
Still, there's no question that:
--Most Americans are selfish, at least as regards "furners";
--Saddam was not much of a threat to anyone but his own people;
--Therefore, this invasion could end up being a great boon to the Iraqi people and still get Bush booted out of office. That would work out okay (though it would unfortunately serve as a great disincentive against future action to liberate oppressed people).
