27. part of the problem is that there isn't any homogeneous "Iraq..."
...left to express an opinion. Certainly the puppet government that Paul Bremmer set up wants the U.S. to stay-- their lives depend upon U.S. military protection from their own countrymen. That's rather telling all by itself. Certainly the majority of the Sunnis want the occupiers out. I'd guess that most Shia feel the same way, even though the occupation has been the key to their gaining authority over the Ba'athists. I wouldn't hazard a guess about the Kurds-- they simply want their autonomy, and the U.S. occupation probably touches them the least, at least in the northern cities.
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