Iraqi support of the current U.S.-backed government is plumetting. In late summer 62 percent of Iraqis said the new government was being effective. Today that figures stands at just 43 percent. One U.S. official told the Post “The picture it paints is that, after all the blood and treasure we’ve spent and despite the [U.S.-led] occupation’s democracy efforts, we’re in a position now that the moderates would not win if an election were held today.”