Sunday, May 02, 2004

The Kurds are to the rest of Iraq as Democrats are to Republicans (USATODAY poll)

holding absolutely opposite views of the US from the rest of Iraq, and if things run true to form, they'll get screwed again before this is over...

USATODAY.com:

a. The U.S. is very serious about improving the economic lot of the Iraqis

B = Baghdad
Sh = Shi’ite areas
Su = Sunni areas
K = Kurdish areas
NK = Non-Kurdish areas


Total B Sh Su K NK
Disagree 54 74 64 56 * 62
Agree 37 16 27 31 98 27

b. U.S. is very serious about establishing a democratic system in Iraq

Total B Sh Su K NK
Disagree 50 74 56 54 * 58
Agree 37 14 30 30 98 28

c. U.S. will allow Iraqis to design their own political future as they see fit without direct u.s. influence

Total B Sh Su K NK
Disagree 57 76 68 61 2 65
Agree 28 10 16 20 92 18

d. U.S. is completely serious about preserving the political and geographical unity of Iraq

Total B Sh Su K NK
Disagree 51 72 61 53 1 59
Agree 33 10 20 29 96 23

e. If the U.S. were to pull out its troops any time soon, Iraq will fall into anarchy

Total B Sh Su K NK
Disagree 44 41 56 43 5 50
Agree 41 43 29 34 92 33

f. A civil war will not happen in Iraq

Total B Sh Su K NK
Disagree 24 23 24 29 21 25
Agree 58 56 64 44 66 57

g. The old regime has been smashed forever

Total B Sh Su K NK
Disagree 5 5 3 7 1 6
Agree 86 89 91 78 98 85

h. The U.S. will not leave Iraq unless it is forced to do by force by the Iraqis

Total B Sh Su K NK
Disagree 28 16 18 14 88 19
Agree 55 69 63 58 7 62

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