John Zogby, who has become a well known and respected pollster in America, was hired to do polling in Iraq. Of all of the questions he asked, the answers to two questions were especially interesting.

Question: What country would you most like Iraq to be like?

37% United Arab Emirates. This group of small countries, that includes Dubai and Abu Dhabi, is very western like in it’s culture. The cities are modern and western. They welcome tourists from across the world. These countries are not democratic in the way that America is, but they have been the most open of Arab nations in the region.

16% America

These top two selections, 53%, illustrate that the people of Iraq want to move away from the Islamic fundamentalism of the past. They want to keep their religion, but not be ruled by it. They want to join the modern and it could be said, the western world.

Next question: Should Iraqis be free to choose their religion?

62% said that there should be religious freedom in Iraq and that people should be able to choose their own faith. This number directly ties into the first question and demostrates once again that Iraqi people do not want to live under any type of fundamentalist rule.

The election and the results of this poll are encouraging to all who want to live in peace and enjoy freedom. It is also a major blow to the teachings of Osam Bin Laden and his followers. These examples show that Bin Laden does not reflect the view of the majority of Muslims and Arabs.