More Iraqis Support the War

Last Friday's edition of the Washington Times' weekly Inside the Ring column contained this entertaining short:

Amid all the Democratic and press criticism of U.S. operations in Iraq, no one can deny that one mission is turning out successfully. The Pentagon has arranged congressional delegations for more than 100 lawmakers, Republican and Democratic. To a person, the members return to Washington saying three things: The troops are performing splendidly; the Iraqis want the Americans to stay; and reconstruction is progressing much better than press reports indicate.

Meanwhile, some in the Pentagon are amused by the latest Gallup poll, a door-to-door survey of Baghdad residents who by a huge margin want U.S. troops to stay in their country for a while. The comment in the Pentagon is that polls show more Iraqis than Americans support the war to oust Saddam Hussein.