Engram has an interesting post up at Back Talk about whether or not Iraqis believe that “life is better today than it was under Saddam Hussein.” Back Talk links to this poll and says yes, the majority of Iraqis believe that life has gotten better (slightly, but still). Head on over there and take a look at the graph.
Engram is making one mistake: if you want to know what the majority of Iraqis think, you have to combine the numbers. In this case, the absolute majority (almost 60%) believe that life in Iraq today is just as bad or worse as it was under Saddam. Engram blames opponents of the war for spinning information coming out of Iraq in such a way that everything looks bad, I accuse Engram of spinning information to make it look better than it is.
It is a nice try though.
Cross posted at my own blog.
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