Public Discontent and Divisions Intensifying Results from the July 2011 Iraq National Survey

Iraqi perceptions of their government and leaders go from bad to worse. A third round of focus groups indicated that the window of opportunity for the new government is quickly shutting, and that as time goes by, citizens grow increasingly frustrated with a lack of responsiveness from their leaders. Focus group participants characterized the government as deaf to their concerns, politically divided, solely self-interested, and lacking the capacity and willingness to address their problems.