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Does this make anyone feel hopeful? I don't think we should pull out either but this news sure is depressing..
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It is easy to get depressed about anything if you only focus on the negative.
No one said we were perfect, or that our choices are always the correct ones. But they are more often correct than everyone else's choices.
Criticism is necessary and good, but not to the exculsion of praise for what we do right. And that is exactly what most liberals (and the media) tend to do. MSNBC is usually middle of the road...CNN has been positively blatent about it.
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Are you better off with Saddam Hussien or without him?
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Actually...we've already done that. Lets take a look at the results shall we?
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Originally Posted by USA Today
If Coalition left today, would you feel more safe or less safe?
53% Less safe
28% More safe
19% Dont know or no difference
Thinking about any hardships you might have suffered since the US/British invasion, do you personally think that ousting Saddam Hussein was worth it or not?
61% Was worth it
28% Was not worth it
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/i...q-findings.htm
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I actually posted an extended response about this in Schwarzwald's thread recently -
http://www.politicalforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=10168 - , but he has been reluctant to answer me. I just cant imagine why.
Keep in mind these results are
in spite of aggressive anti-US bias in the region from local media.
Oh...and how do I know this bias is affecting their options? Why, because they
told us:
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Originally Posted by USA Today
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This seems (*)(*)(*)(*)ing at first glance, but look at this follow up question:
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Originally Posted by USA Today
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Only 10% actually
experienced this stuff (less than 10%...since that is only 10% of the people that said "badly" in the previous question). 50% of their opinions are what they were
told by someone else. 40% have simply seen something...which may or may not have actually been what they assumed it was.