A revealing poll

Poll shows Iraqis back attacks on UK, US forces

LONDON (Reuters) - Forty-five percent of Iraqis believe attacks on U.S. and British troops are justified, according to a secret poll said to have been commissioned by British defense leaders and cited by The Sunday Telegraph.

Less than 1 percent of those polled believed that the forces were responsible for any improvement in security, according to poll figures.

Eighty-two percent of those polled said they were "strongly opposed" to the presence of the troops.

The paper said the poll, conducted in August by an Iraqi university research team, was commissioned by the Ministry of Defense.

Britain has more than 8,000 troops stationed in the south of Iraq, and has had 97 soldiers killed, the most recent the victim of a roadside bomb on Tuesday night.

Nearly half say the violence is justified against us, yet we will "stay the course." Doesn't this administration say this war is for "democracy" in Iraq? I know the rationale has changed so many times that it's difficult to keep track, but I have this vague recollection of purple fingers and ballot boxes. If that's the case, why aren't the people, of whom an overwhelming majority want us out, getting their wishes?

Democracy- from the Greek "demos" meaning "people" and "cracy" meaning "on crack." At least, that's the way the bushies act around it.

HT: Zach