@beavis
hehe yes it's hard to figure informations out of this poll especially since it doesn't differentiate between kurd sunni and shiite or am I wrong?
concerning your question: I think it's a psychological thing
there were 4 possible answers on Q25 about support/oppose
++ support
+ support
+ oppose
++ oppose
no neutral option.
Such polls aren't as easily created as one may think. The question reads:
Do you [support/oppose] the presence of Coalition forces in Iraq?
most people didn't choose to support your presence because it wasn't connected to a timeframe - overall they want you to leave somewhen (i guess).
@excession
The thing about the podcast is cool - do you have a direct link?
If it's as informative as the [transleted] 'mirror of time' we get here from radio it surely is great (though that one is shorter). Often you get informations from there you always missed to find out from television or newspapers, really background informations and I can only propose to listen to it only once to find out how it is.
@rhound50
I somehow missed to read your posting concerning how american and european see war at the bottom of page 6. I think it's a good point I somehow disavowed - I'm thinking americans are as clever as everybody else, but to make em understand certain things seems impossible (as to everyone else in same situation - i'm not saying bad americans here). Whether it's war or pollution control. For pollution control the lesson was learned as they were personally hit - remembers me of a young cat which needs to be put with her nose in her piss to realize that this is bad what she's done. No offense guys - don't take that picture too serious - I really think that i'd probably think the same if I'd have grown in the us. The fact that 200'000 vietnam veterans committed suicide or something which lead to death - i'd probably just sweep away that fact because I can't imagine how bad and criminal things had to be in the war that they ended their lives.
I think the wrong people are becoming soldiers or the war (losing friends...) makes them to animals.
(war videos, don't watch if you're younger than 21)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyjH5wusqs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AXN3H3BPQU