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Do you think the US-led coalition can restore stability to Iraq?
YES 11 (78.6%)
NO 3 (21.4%)
Total Votes: 14
Iraqi stability.; On the verge of civil war.
Topic Started: Apr 7 2004, 09:27 PM (278 Views)
somerled
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Admiral MacDonald RN
From today's Poll
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  Do you think the US-led coalition can restore stability to Iraq?
Previous Results

  YES  4654 
  NO  13138 


So what do you think ?
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Sgt. Jaggs
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Honestly no. Stability and your way of life does not relate to their situation.
Don't be so quick to have a laugh as your countrymen are there too.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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I think your poll is based on insufficient information, and pretty much a vanity post.

Also listed on this Web site: "How big should your portions be," "Win a $10,000 holiday for your mum!" and "Ponting named world's leading cricketer."
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somerled
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The nearly 20000 votes quoted - you can't vote twice from the same address - may not be a statistically valid sample , but it is still a lot of people.

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Do you think the US-led coalition can restore stability to Iraq?
Previous Results

YES  6149 
NO  17279 


Nine network is one our major media / news network here in Australia. Yes there is some pretty trivial stuff there (that I never bother looking at) , but many of the media organisations you've sited in the past have had similar content as well.
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24thcenstfan
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Yes I do. However, it isn't going to happen over night. It will take time (possibly years); and there will be many more casualties on both sides (if recent events in Fallujah are an indicator).
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Swidden
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I think I have been pretty consistent in my saying that I believe that for this to work we have to be in it for the long haul. We are going to have to be able to endure violent eruptions and troops coming home in body bags to accomplish the desired end-- An Iraq that is a functioning democracy.

Look, Iraq was obviously no winning success with Saddam in charge. We had our stated (and frequently debated, so no need to start it again here) reasons for going into Iraq. Now that we are there we would be the worst kind of villain if we just packed our bags, went home and simply said "Have nice day! Good luck on putting your miserable wretch of a country back together".
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ds9074
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Yes, I hope so. I dont think its given that we can do this, it not guaranteed. Failure is possible but so is success.
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somerled
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This is how Australians think - update
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Do you think the US-led coalition can restore stability to Iraq?
Previous Results

YES   9897  
NO  27363  



That's a sample so far of just over 37000 people and shows only 26.5% are optimistic about the situation in Iraq.
Can't argue with numbers like that - this seems to disagree with my little poll - SO FAR - what does this mean ?

Maybe the sample of people who have taken the trouble to vote here are :
- not representative
- over-optimistic or deluded
- are skewed / biassed towards being overly supportive of the US-led coalition.

On the news just a few minutes ago - Ret. Maj.G Statton (former commander of the Australian Army) has described the situation in Iraq as a disaster and he thinks Bush is behind the scenes preparing plans to "cut and run" just as the USA did in Viet Nam.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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somerled
Apr 8 2004, 06:22 AM
This is how Australians think - update
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Do you think the US-led coalition can restore stability to Iraq?
Previous Results

YES   9897  
NO  27363  



That's a sample so far of just over 37000 people and shows only 26.5% are optimistic about the situation in Iraq.
Can't argue with numbers like that - this seems to disagree with my little poll - SO FAR - what does this mean ?

Maybe the sample of people who have taken the trouble to vote here are :
- not representative
- over-optimistic or deluded
- are skewed / biassed towards being overly supportive of the US-led coalition.

On the news just a few minutes ago - Ret. Maj.G Statton (former commander of the Australian Army) has described the situation in Iraq as a disaster and he thinks Bush is behind the scenes preparing plans to "cut and run" just as the USA did in Viet Nam.

Technically, this is how SOME Australians think in one part of the country. You could probably get the same poll results in Seattle.

So what, though.

Can we restore stability to Iraq? Yes. Will it be overnight? No. How long did we spend in Germany and Japan?

People have absolutely no patience for anything anymore.
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Minuet
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All we are arguing about here is an OPINION poll. Seems rather silly to me. The majority can, and often do, have an opinion that turns out to be wrong.
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Admiralbill_gomec
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I'm curious as to who on here voted "No" in this poll?
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Swidden
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^^^
See Jagolom's reply immediately after the initial post.
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captain_proton_au
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somerled
Apr 7 2004, 11:10 PM
The nearly 20000 votes quoted - you can't vote twice from the same address - may not be a statistically valid sample , but it is still a lot of people.

Update
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Do you think the US-led coalition can restore stability to Iraq?
Previous Results

YES   6149  
NO   17279  


Nine network is one our major media / news network here in Australia. Yes there is some pretty trivial stuff there (that I never bother looking at) , but many of the media organisations you've sited in the past have had similar content as well.

Ahhh, ha ha ha

Is that were you got this poll from, I'm sure Mum and Dad Mortgage 2.1 kids and a VB commodore have any clue about the political intracacies of Iraq.

Was it off 'A Current Affair' - right in between the stories of the workers comp guy laying concrete and the 15 yr old welfare recipiant with 10 kids from 10 fathers.

They give links to these polls after showing very biased stories, not a good source.
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captain_proton_au
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^^^

I should explain, I know there is a program in the US called A Current Affair, but dont know if it is similar to our one. Our one is pure tabloid news trash, I watch it sometimes for the same reason I watch Springer - for a good laugh , the reporters on this program are so biased, they pick one side of a story and will chase someone down the street cos he has the australian record for parking fines, or went bust and didnt pay his investors.

They had a story not so long ago on a picture taken of a 5 yr old child smoking dope in Queensland, ACA described it as 'the picture that shocked the nation', a more credible news program on rival ABC showed it was a fake, the 5 yr old had been set up by a disgruntled neighbour.
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somerled
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An update
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Do you think the US-led coalition can restore stability to Iraq?
Previous Results

yes  12699 
no    35139 


Irrespective , that's a substantial sample for Australia , just under 48000 where 73% of respondants are not optimistic.

The sample of Sistertrek respondants is most likely unrepresentative.

Proton :
in that timeslot I am watching the ABC news followed by their current affairs program - if I am home.
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