{"id":4326,"date":"2007-12-27T10:58:46","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2017-05-21T13:46:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:46:16","slug":"top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/untitled4.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/untitled4.bmp\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Juan Cole, JuanCole.com<\/p>\n<p>10. Myth: The US public no longer sees Iraq as a central issue in the 2008 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;In a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/politics\/la-na-assess19dec19,1,1773255.story?coll=la-news-politics-national&#038;track=crosspromo\"><strong><font color=\"#5c1a1b\">ABC News\/ Washington Post poll<\/font><\/strong><\/a>, Iraq and the economy were virtually tied among voters nationally, with nearly a quarter of voters in each case saying it was their number one issue. The economy had become more important to them than in previous months (in November only 14% said it was their most pressing concern), but Iraq still rivals it as an issue!<\/p>\n<p>9. Myth: There have been steps toward religious and political reconciliation in Iraq in 2007. Fact: The government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has for the moment lost the support of the Sunni Arabs in parliament. The Sunnis in his cabinet have resigned. Even some Shiite parties have abandoned the government. Sunni Arabs, who are aware that under his government Sunnis have largely been ethnically cleansed from Baghdad, see al-Maliki as a sectarian politician uninterested in the welfare of Sunnis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2007\/12\/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2007.html\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Cole, JuanCole.com 10. 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