Afghanistan - bin Laden Loses in Poll

Read how ABC twists and turns while trying to spin all this good news from Afghanistan into bad news. You can't make this stuff up.

You have to dig through ABC's spin to get to the good news.

Yet despite these and other deprivations, 77 percent of Afghans say their country is headed in the right direction — compared with 30 percent in the vastly better-off United States. Ninety-one percent prefer the current Afghan government to the Taliban regime, and 87 percent call the U.S.-led overthrow of the Taliban good for their country. Osama bin Laden, for his part, is as unpopular as the Taliban; nine in 10 view him unfavorably.

Progress fuels these views: Despite the country's continued problems, 85 percent of Afghans say living conditions there are better now than they were under the Taliban. Eighty percent cite improved freedom to express political views. And 75 percent say their security from crime and violence has improved as well. After decades of oppression and war, many Afghans see a better life.

91% prefer the current government to the Taliban. So much for the left's claim of a puppet US government.

87% say America did the right thing in overthrowing the Taliban.

And 90% of Afghans don't like bin Laden.

Meanwhile the Afghans have freedom of expression and improved security.

Sounds like success to me.

Soon, Iraq will enjoy the same success, despite the lying liberal media.
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