Iraq’s Sunni Arabs overwhelmingly reject the new Iraqi government, think its okay to attack US and coalition forces, and believe their country is heading in the wrong direction, according to a poll conducted by the Program on International Policy Attitudes in January. The survey found that 92 percent of surveyed Sunnis said the new Iraqi government would be illegitimate, while 80 percent of the same group said they approved of attacks on US forces. When the poll rolled in other Iraqi groups, the number dropped to 47 percent. Ah, well. At least two-thirds of all Iraqis surveyed believe America plans to station its military forces in the country permanently.
Lockheed Martin projects more than a billion dollars of losses on a classified program, but company officials said April 23 they are confident it will turn profitable by 2028 and become a "franchise" system in the U.S. military.