BAGHDAD, Sept. 26 -- A strong majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces to immediately withdraw from the country, saying their swift departure would make Iraq more secure and decrease sectarian violence, according to new polls by the State Department and independent researchers.In Baghdad, for example, nearly three-quarters of residents polled said they would feel safer if U.S. and other foreign forces left Iraq, with 65 percent of those asked favoring an immediate pullout, according to State Department polling results obtained by The Washington Post.
Another new poll,found that 71 percent of Iraqis questioned want the Iraqi government to ask foreign forces to depart within a year. By large margins, though, Iraqis believed that the U.S. government would refuse the request, with 77 percent of those polled saying the United States intends keep permanent military bases in the country...
2006-09-27 10:22:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I am beginning to believe the Iraqis. Im begining to distrust claims that all of the Iraqis love us being there. I am going to continue thinking for myself. I'm not against the military. I am against the lies told by our government.
2006-09-27 10:26:03 · update #1
As long as there is oil in the region..probably not. The Iraqis had it bad during the Saddam era, but as long as they kept their mouths shut, everything was fine. At least they had power, running water, and other infrastructure in place. Plus, no civil war. Are things worse now that the US has "liberated" Iraq? I think if everyone takes a close look at the issues, they would have to agree that Iraq was better off before.
2006-09-27 10:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
There is oil there that we need to make sure that there is access to.
There are also terrorist there that will not go away no matter if we are there or not. Right now radical Muslims are looking for a fight, it doesn't matter what we say they will take offensive.
2006-09-27 17:36:01 · answer #2 · answered by danzka2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Iraqis want us there and the European want us there, so they don't have to go! who else is going to do it? everyone in Europe always complains about sticking our nose into everything, but if there is trouble anywhere....who is going to be called...the US..
2006-09-27 17:36:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as bush is president i dont think so
2006-09-27 17:27:38 · answer #4 · answered by BOSS LADY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋