Skepticism is a Virtue

Iraqi citizens were asked: Do these photos make you want more or less to kill American soldiers?

A Time/CNN poll of Iraqi citizens revealed the following:
1. Do you believe the pictures shown by the United States were of a deceased Uday and Qusay Hussein?
• No: 94%
• Not sure: 5%

2. What was your reaction when seeing those pictures?
• 'Eh: 24%
• Feh: 22%
• Meh: 29%
• Whatever: 21%
• My sons!: 1%
 
3. What about that X-ray of Uday, did that convince you?
• No: 3%
• What are X-rays?: 97%
 
4. What about those pictures of the bodies after they were cleaned up, what did you think of those?
• Why did the U.S. show us pictures of store mannequins?: 54%
• Those two women were hot: 39%
• It is against Muslim religion to dress and embalm the dead, may Uday and Qusay seek out those that did that and torture them: 23%
 
5. What if we produced the bodies, right here, right now and did an on-the-spot blood test to prove that Saddam's sons were dead. Would that convince you?
• No: 29%
• Nope: 35%
• I hope Uday and Qusay don't kill me for answering this poll: 45%
 
6. Is there anything we can do or say to change your mind about this?
• No: 73%
• Send us a few thousand of those McGriddles and we'll talk: 25%
 
7. In general, what do you think about Uday and Qusay?
• Is this a trick question?: 29%
• Um, they made the trains run on time? 31%
• I was overjoyed when the two slaughtered my family just for "being there" 32%
 
8. Just imagine that they are dead. How would that make you feel?
• Believing that Uday and Qusay are dead is against our religion: 34%
• Having feelings is against our religion, too: 32%
• It's hard to answer that since Uday and Qusay ripped out my tongue: 29%
 
9. If Uday and Qusay were killed by American soldiers, would that make you more or less likely to continue shooting them?
• More likely: 65%
• It is humorous that you would consider "less likely" as an option to your question: 42%
 
10. What could we do so that you would stop shooting at American soldiers?
• If we ran out of bullets: 44%
• If you guys left: 39%
• If Uday and Qusay ordered us to stop: 17%

by Brandon Stahl