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"The number of refugees estimated abroad was 2 million (a number close to CIA projections[66]) and the number of internally displaced people was 2.7 million.[67] In 2007, Iraq's anti-corruption board reported that 35% of Iraqi children, or about five million children, were orphans.[68] The Red Cross stated in March 2008 that Iraq's humanitarian situation remained among the most critical in the world, with millions of Iraqis forced to rely on insufficient and poor-quality water sources"
"The US government has long maintained its involvement there is with the support of the Iraqi people, but in 2005 when asked directly, 82–87% of the Iraqi populace was opposed to the US occupation and wanted US troops to leave. 47% of Iraqis supported attacking US troops.A March 7, 2007 survey of more than 2,000 Iraqis found that 78% of the population opposed the presence of Coalition forces in Iraq, that 69% believed the presence of U.S. forces is making things worse, and that 51% of the population considered attacks on coalition forces acceptable, up from 17% in 2004 and 35% in 2006."
"Malnutrition rates have risen from 19% before the US-led invasion to a national average of 28% four years later"
Great job indeed.
Did I mention "The financial cost of the war has been more than £4.5 billion ($9 billion) to the UK,[276] and over $845 billion to the U.S., with the total cost to the U.S. economy estimated at $3 trillion"
My, yes I'm sure it's not a threat to your economy.
Edit : I forgot to back up my claim on lack of public support in the UK : "Majorities in the UK and Canada believe the war in Iraq is "unjustified" and - in the UK - are critical of their government's support of US policies in Iraq (Canada opposed the U.S.-led invasion force and has one observer blue helmet in Iraq.)[4]"
Edit 2: Well, it's better in Afghanistan, at least about public relation: "According to a May 2009 BBC poll, 69% of Afghans surveyed thought it was at least mostly good that the U.S. military came in to remove the Taliban – a decrease from 87% of Afghans surveyed in 2005. 24% thought it was mostly or very bad – up from 9% in 2005. The poll indicated that 63% of Afghans were at least somewhat supportive of a U.S. military presence in the country – down from 78% in 2005. Just 18% supported increasing the U.S. military's presence, while 44% favored reducing it. 90% of Afghans surveyed opposed the presence of Taliban fighters, including 70% who were strongly opposed. By an 82%–4% margin, people said they preferred the current government to Taliban rule."
But not for drug production : "In 2000, the Taliban had issued a ban on opium production, which led to reductions in Pashtun Mafia opium production by as much as 90%. Soon after the 2001 U.S. led invasion of Afghanistan, however, opium production increased markedly.[301] By 2005, Afghanistan had regained its position as the world’s #1 opium producer and was producing 90% of the world’s opium, most of which is processed into heroin and sold in Europe and Russia.[302] Afghan opium kills 100,000 people every year worldwide.[303]
While U.S. and allied efforts to combat the drug trade have been stepped up, the effort is hampered by the fact that many suspected drug traffickers are now top officials in the Karzai governmen"
And for your allies ? (and yourselves)
"International public opinion is largely opposed to the war in Afghanistan. A 47-nation global survey of public opinion conducted in June 2007 by the Pew Global Attitudes Project found considerable opposition to the U.S. and NATO military operations in Afghanistan. In only 2 out of the 47 countries was there a majority that favoured keeping military troops in Afghanistan - Israel (59%) and Kenya (60%).[1] On the other hand, in 41 of the 47 countries pluralities want U.S. and NATO military troops out of Afghanistan as soon as possible"
"While support for the war in Afghanistan continues to be strongest in the U.S. and Israel,[9][202] recent polls have also shown growing opposition in the U.S., including majority opposition.[368]
A Washington Post - ABC poll conducted July 15–18, 2009 found that just half of Americans, 51%, think the war in Afghanistan is worth fighting, while nearly half, 45%, think the war in Afghanistan is not worth fighting - a statistical tie within the poll's ±3 point margin of error.[226][227][228] The American public is also closely divided on whether the United States is making significant progress toward winning the war, with 46% thinking so and 42% not.[227]
An Associated Press - GfK poll conducted July 16–20, 2009 found that the majority 53% of Americans oppose the war in Afghanistan, while 44% support it. It furthermore found that the plurality of Americans, 34%, strongly opposed the war in Afghanistan, while only 20% strongly favored it. (Another 19% somewhat opposed the war in Afghanistan, 20% somewhat favored it, and 3% did not know or declined to answer.)[212][213][214]
A CNN - Opinion Research poll conducted July 31 - August 3, 2009 also found that most Americans now oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan. In a new low in American public support for the war, 54% of Americans said they opposed the U.S. war, while only 41% supported it.[200][201]
Following the August 20, 2009 election in Afghanistan that was characterized by widespread lack of security and massive fraud, and capping off the two deadliest months for U.S. troops in the 8-year war, the CNN - Opinion Research poll conducted August 28–31, 2009 registered the highest level of opposition to the U.S. war in Afghanistan the poll has yet seen. A majority 57% of Americans now oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan, while only 42% still support it"
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