>>My arguments at the time (and the arguments of 10s of millions
>>around the world, was (1) that a U.S. occupation would turn out to
>>be a disaster (prediction confirmed)
>
>I thought from the first that the invasion of Iraq would be a crime
>and a disaster. But once it happened, what was the best course to
>advocate? My position then, as it is now, is that we should try to
>find out what Iraqis want - which, 15 months ago was some UN without
>the US solution, and now is just US out.
Opinion polls can't accurately measure opinions of people living in a war-torn country under the foreign occupation, especially when the polls in question are funded and conducted by people who are in favor of continuing the occupation.
A better guide for us would be what various sectors of the Iraqi people are doing and not doing (shown, for instance, in the US, UK, and other casualty counts <http://icasualties.org/oif/>, levels of destruction and reconstruction, unemployment rates, etc.), as well as history of colonialism and resistance to it. -- Yoshie
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