Iraqi Opinion Polls

The other day I posted a couple of polls comparing Iraqi and American public opinion. Those polls were just excerpts of a comprehensive poll of Iraqi’s conducted for ABC News, Interviews were conducted in person, in Arabic or Kurdish, among a random national...

Two More Iraq Opinion Polls

Here are two more polls. One from Iraq, one from the United States, both regarding how long the United States should remain in Iraq. The wording of these two polls are not as similar as the one above. Comparisons are thus more difficult. One has outcome based choices....

Comparing American and Iraqi Opinions of the United States Invasion of Iraq

Set forth below are to two opinion polls taken at five different points in time regarding the United States decision to invade Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power. One polls was taken from Iraqi’s and one from the Americans.The wording the polls is not the...

Another Day, More Progress by Iraqi’s

Lots of Iraq stuff today: Michael Yon explains why violence is up in Iraq. Hint: Its not because we’re losing. Iraqi PM says private army mentality in Iraq is over Maliki told Miliband, on a surprise visit to Baghdad, that “national reconciliation has been...

Summary of International Crisis Group’s Report on the Sunni Landscape in Iraq

I’ve mentioned the International Crisis Group before. They call themselves “the world’s leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union and World Bank, on...

Foreign Affairs: Re-evaluating the United States Role

EUFOR Chad What happens when the U.N decides that a situation requires military intervention and the U.S. is unwilling or unable to to take a lead role? Looking to the nations of the European Union would seem to be a natural alternative. This in fact is exactly what...