With my new found love of polls I think it only appropriate to post an article that ABC news released on the day of the election. The article speaks of the overall feeling the people of Afghanistan have for their current situation and let me say it is encouraging, really encouraging. ABC of course has to start the article off with bad news and end it with even worse news, but even they can't deny how positive the people feel about their country and what the US has done for them. This article underscores what I was saying in the comments box for my post "2 Predictions And A Lesson."
Here are some great poll numbers.
1) 77 percent of Afghans say their country is headed in the right direction — compared with 30 percent in the vastly better-off United States.
2) 91 percent prefer the current Afghan government to the Taliban regime, and 87 percent call the U.S.-led overthrow of the Taliban good for their country
3) 85 percent of Afghans say living conditions there are better now than they were under the Taliban.
4) 75 percent say their security from crime and violence has improved as well.
Leading up to the election, the MSM spent most of their time talking about the growing Taliban presence in the South and how the US has reduced their troop levels in Afghanistan, implying that we are cutting and running from that country, but rarely mentioned how much more of a role NATO is playing. Even France has chipped in with support by sending more man-power over to Afghanistan in order to help out with the effort.
5 comments:
Will the MSM be caught now? Will Iraq be a "quagmire" now that both houses are Dem controlled?
I think not. They will just continue with their Bush bashing.
I hope I get to bash some Bush this weekend! Yaaaa! Wooooo! Who's with me? High five!
I know. The Dems have been blaming Bush for the division of this country for a long time now without looking at themselves once. They have also complained that Congress needs to be more bipartisan, but make no mistake, they do not intend to work with this President. Blocking Bolton's current nomination is just the first step. If the Bush administration can out fox the Dem held houses by selecting another supreme court judge, make the tax cuts permanent, and continue the war in Iraq, the Dems will seem to be beaten by an idiot. They will fight tooth and nail to make sure that doesn't happen.
Stop ignoring me!!!
Actually I didn't. Your comment wasn't there when started mine. Anyway, Yaaaa! Woooo! High Five!
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