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Originally posted by Chewbacca:
I have yet to see any evidence that suggests a majority of the Iraqi people support being invaded. That said, I have yet to see any evidence that the majority of the Iraqi people don't support being invaded either.
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And there is no such evidence either. People hear some Iraqis' opinions who are in favour of the war, ignore the Iraqis' opinions against and use the former ones as the "official" point of view, silently applying it to the entire population because they'd like to
think that's the case; while the real facts and real general opinion simply can't be verified at this point.
Now however, I'm not saying there's something wrong with what's most likely just wishful thinking on people's part, hoping it to be true... I just don't think it's fair to simply
assume that the majority in Iraq is in favour of the US/UK invasion. Sure, I'm sure several of the US's motives are sincere and they really want to help to "free" the Iraqi people, but how do the Iraqi people know that? Blame it on propagandic indoctrination, the deception after the US abandonment in '91, ignorance of being repressed in the first place or the healthy variant of patriotism; but I don't think it would be strange for them to be on two minds over this. The situation is simply not as black and white as some people wish to portray it.
[ 03-31-2003, 05:40 AM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]