Iraqis believe Bush's "surge" is a failure

About 70% of Iraqis believe security has deteriorated in the area covered by the US military "surge" of the past six months, an opinion poll suggests.



Posted here.

Voices of Iraqis: more worries than hope

Let's wait to hear what General Petraeus has to say. :sarcasm:

While the graphs leave that as the only possible conclusion, I haven't seen that pointed out yet. (Then again, I haven't made my usual rounds of a few conservative sites yet.)

It's a slight majority--52 or 53%, I think.

Worse is up among all the groups:

22. Overall, do you think the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq is making
security in our country better, worse, or having no effect on the security
situation?
................Better......Worse........No effect.......No opin.
8/24/07........18...........72...............9................*
Sunni.............2...........95...............3................0
Shiite...........17...........73..............10................0
Kurdish.........53...........28..............17................2
3/5/07..........21...........69..............10................*
Sunni.............2...........94...............4................0
Shiite...........19...........71..............10................*
Kurdish.........67...........15..............18................0



......................................................................8/24/07.......................................3/5/07
......................................................................Sunni........Shiite.......Kurd..............Sunni........Shiite.......Kurd
Leave now..........................................................72............44............8................55.............28...........11
Remain until security is restored..............................27............38..........36................41.............39...........28
Remain until the Iraqi government Is stronger..............*............10..........28.................3.............18...........28
Remain until the Iraqi security
Forces can operate independently.............................1..............6..........18.................1.............13...........24
Remain longer but leave eventually............................0..............1...........8..................*..............2.............7
Never leave...........................................................0..............*..........2..................0..............*.............2
No opinion.............................................................*..............*..........1..................0..............*.............*

Poll

Seriously.

refer to the U.S. as occupiers.