All Iraqi Groups Blame U.S. Invasion for Discord, Study Shows

[athena glaukopis]

Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the violent differences among them, and see the departure of "occupying forces" as the key to national reconciliation, according to focus groups conducted for the U.S. military last month.

Its most recent publicly released surveys, conducted in September for several news media organizations, showed the same widespread Iraqi belief voiced by the military's focus groups: that a U.S. departure will make things better. A State Department poll in September 2006 reported a similar finding.

"most would describe the negative elements of life in Iraq beginning with the 'U.S. occupation' in March 2003,"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7121802262.html

You mean... it's not because they hate our freedomz??!

No surprise there.

Edited January 5, 2008 by athena glaukopis

[DarkWaters]

Evidently, it is much easier for Iraqis to blame someone else for the sectarian violence then to (correctly) blame the different sects of Middle Easterners who are inciting the violence.

Edited January 5, 2008 by DarkWaters

[adrock3215]

The problem is the religion of Islam. Any violence or warring is ultimately a derivative of this problem.

US intervention does and has made things worse, but to squarely blame the US for the discord occuring is incorrect in my estimation.

[Benpercent]

If the US pulled all the troops back home and did handstands with bananas up the nose, Iraqi groups would still be mad one way or another. Very irritating.