The results of a new poll conducted by ABC News, the BBC and Japan’s NHK must make editors and reporters around the nation take a big gulp and say, “Didn’t see that comin’.”
It shows big progress everywhere they looked. But you probably won’t read about it anywhere except an editorial in Monday’s Investor’s Business Daily.
Check out these numbers:
85% of Iraqis said their neighborhood security was “good,” up from 62% a year ago and 43% in August of 2007.
Those who support democracy jumped to 64% from just 43% in 2007.
58% feel “very good” or “quite good” about the state of affairs in Iraq. That’s up from just 22% in 2007.
When asked what their main concerns are, war, security and terrorism took a backseat to jobs and prices.
“In short, it sounds like we not only won the war, but the peace as well,” IBD concluded. “And for those who cast a skeptical eye on the idea that any Islamic country could ever be democratized, it turns out the former President Bush is winning that debate too.”
Some results IBD didn’t mention:
96% of Iraqis think John Kerry is a pompous liar. 98% think Harry Reid is a pathetic liar. And 100% of Iraqis think John Murtha is a big, fat liar.
Source: Investor’s Business Daily
After several months of soaring ratings, the numbers have dipped a tad over at Fox News. But they’re not complaining, because the numbers are in absolute freefall at MSNBC.
Our thanks for Newsbusters’ Noel Sheppard for this one.
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