this can't come as a surprise

Poll: Fear, anger, stress grip Iraqis

WASHINGTON - The optimism that helped sustain Iraqis during the first few years of the war has dissolved into widespread fear, anger and distress amid unrelenting violence, a survey found.

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_The number of Iraqis who say their own life is going well has dipped from 71 percent in November 2005 to 39 percent now.

_About three-fourths of Iraqis report feelings of anger, depression and difficulty concentrating.

_More than half of Iraqis have curtailed activities like going out of their homes, going to markets or other crowded places and traveling through police checkpoints.

_Only 18 percent of Iraqis have confidence in U.S. and coalition troops, and 86 percent are concerned that someone in their household will be a victim of violence.

_Slightly more than half of Iraqis — 51 percent — now say that violence against U.S. forces is acceptable — up from 17 percent who felt that way in early 2004. More than nine in 10 Sunni Arabs in Iraq now feel this way.

_While 63 percent said they felt very safe in their neighborhoods in late 2005, only 26 percent feel that way now.

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It is impossible for those of us lucky enough to have never lived through something like this to imagine what life must be like in Iraq.
Bush has created an entire country that has no reason to do anything but hate America and everyone who lives here.
It is just sickening what he has done to our reputation and to our safety.