# What? No thread on O'Reilly's latest bullshit? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-thread-on-oreillys-latest-bullshit/251540 "2004-06-22T00:50:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-thread-on-oreillys-latest-bullshit/251540/81 "2004-06-24T17:41:12Z")
> [@Evil One](#): > > It depends on which Iraqis. The Kurds love us. Some of the Shiites think we are just fine…especially the ones who lived in fear under Saddam. That _was_ the theory, but the reality of [the situation](http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqlleWeidAxjHCs1WB2XS) has wandered pretty far from that, don’t you think? > [@](#): > > [Eighty-nine percent of] Iraqis believe the situation has worsened and they don’t feel safe in their neighborhoods and blame the presence of Coalition forces, whom they view as occupiers, according to a recent poll. > [@Evil One](#): > > I suspect most Iraqis are happy to have running water and food to eat and not having their daughters kidnapped and raped. > [@](#): > > A poll taken by the Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies shows that over 73 percent of 1,640 Iraqis polled said they did not feel safe in areas near their own homes. Security and crime are the major problems plaguing the nation, according to poll. Iraqis don’t think the security situation is improving either. […] > > Nearly 70 percent of the poll respondents say they still lose power in their homes for more than 9 hours per day. Over the past month, 74 percent say the situation has gotten worse or remained the same. La la la. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-thread-on-oreillys-latest-bullshit/251540.md?page=4)