Why is it?

Originally Posted by spum

There are people that never wanted the US in Iraq to begin with. We haven't created freedom over there. We are forcing people to use and accept our system. Iraqi citizens are getting more and more violent because they're tired of being occupied by the United States. So to say, "freedom go to hell"...that could be interpreted as, "let us run our own damn country," which makes perfect sense to me.

sorry I'm late to this portion of the talk.

As for people not wanting us in Iraq....I can understand that. People like Hussen, and his party I'm sure are/were not happy that we came rolling in. And I'm sure that ther are ordinary, plain folk who don't want us there. And most of the violence is not in your stanard guy getting pissed about the US and running around with an AK-47. It seems that the average citizens are living and thriving in this post Hussen era. Increased wages, utilities (though it is spotty), and other things are changing, mostly for the good, in Iraq.

And as for "them" running their own countries, historically and from my personal opinion, if it were to happen, it would not last long. the current crop of Iraqs are so used to being ruled over by a tyrant that is seems probable that they will come to be under the same sort of government soon. The French peasants did the same thing once the majority got the chance to vote after their revolutions. Better the devil you know then the one you don't.

Sorry for the long post

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Why don't we reallocate our troops from Iraq to New Orleans, even though NO looks worse.