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June 15, 2004
The Long Term Decline (Iraq again)
Again, an elderly article, but one which I desire to point out:
washingtonpost.com
Iraqis Put Contempt For Troops On Display
By Edward Cody
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, June 12, 2004; Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35558-2004Jun11?language=printer
" Since U.S. forces drove to Baghdad and overthrew President Saddam Hussein in April 2003, the 138,000 American soldiers stationed here have lost their status as liberators in the eyes of most Iraqis. Polling by the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority has chronicled a steady souring of opinion, with the most recent surveys showing about 80 percent of Iraqis with an unfavorable opinion of U.S. troops."
Inevitable really. I recall military friends of mine early on in conflict complaining bitterly about the understaffing and undertraining for the military units in Iraq.
However, the happy talkers one out....
Posted by The Lounsbury at June 15, 2004 10:34 PM
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