[lbo-talk] NYT: Gettleman's latest dispatch from Iraq

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Apr 11 15:46:14 PDT 2004


Carrol Cox wrote:


>This is what I meant when I said the most important (in fact the only
>important) figure in the poll of Iraqi responses to the occupation was
>that the determined resistance was over 10%. As long as that figure
>stays over 10%, the Occupation doesn't stand a chance of establishing
>order. (Though it seems that the U.S. may have accomplished a minor
>miracle of uniting Sunni & Shiite as Iraqi.
>
>I have never said that polls were inaccurate or bullshit.

Burkholder of Gallup said that the near-20% support for attacks on U.S. troops was a sign of real trouble for the occupation - and that was last fall, when things were a lot calmer.

Doug



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