Post #29064 by suzywong on Wed, Apr 2, 2003 4:57 PM

On 2003-04-02 12:51, bigbrotiki wrote:

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Do you think the people of Iraq will appreciate the US effort as much as the German population did?

Seriously: No. The way of life in islamic nations is sooo different from the Western world that our logic and reason (Dictator gone = grateful populace) just does not apply.
I dare to say that while a minority in Irak may recognize this as an attack on Saddam, a majority sees it as an attack on Islam, their home, their innermost beliefs.
After Saddam will be gone there will be an endless religious war against whatever regime the US puts in power.

Where do you get your information?????

Many of the Iraqi people are very thankful, and grateful for the US and the position they have taken. They lived in fear of a horrible man and a vicious regime.

"FREEDOM"

It is the soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us the Freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet,
who has given us Freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us the Freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, who serves beneath the Flag,
who salutes the Flag,
whose coffin is draped by the Flag,
who allows the protester to burn the Flag.
It is the soldier, not the politician,
who has given his blood, his body, his life,
who has given us these FREEDOMS.

----Father Dennis Edward O'Brien
USMC