[lbo-talk] Iraqi public opinion

[Doug Henwood]

Christian Parenti, freshly back from a visit to Baghdad, just said on 
my radio show that Iraqis aren't happy with the occupation, but most 
not to the point of taking up arms against it. He also said that he 
was frequently told: "Take our oil. You want it, take it. Just give 
us electricity, water, and basic security." Later, off air, he said 
that a (Coxian) U.S. pullout at this stage would result in total 
chaos. The position of the Iraqi Communist Workers Party, one of the 
rare secular leftist outfits left in the country, is for the UN to 
take over from the U.S. - with no U.S. involvement at all.

Doug