Clear thinking on Iraq at last

Democracy Now! reported on November 12:

A new Gallup poll of residents of Baghdad has found that only 5 percent of those polled believe the United States invaded Iraq to "assist the Iraqi people" and only 1 percent believe the U.S. invaded to establish a democracy there. 43 percent of those polled feel the U.S. invaded to "rob Iraq's oil."

Meanwhile, Reuters reported this on November 16:

Baghdad residents responded sceptically on Sunday to U.S. plans for a faster political handover in postwar Iraq, saying any government would be under America's thumb as long as U.S. forces remain.

A perceptive people, indeed.

And it seems to me I previously suggested Iraqis were thinking this way.