Quote Originally Posted by hoglahoo View Post
True - but rather than justifying what the US is doing, I'm only pointing out what I think I would do if I was on the other side. Of course I'm not on the other side and I can't say with perfect confidence how I would react to the US being there. If that were to happen in the US though, I wouldn't be trying to kill the madman's deposers - and maybe I'm a minorty to think that way

The problem is that you really can't speak of "Iraqis". There are many factions vying with each other for power. Then you have other outside players like Al Qaida and Iran (and others probably). Oh, and we didn't create the civil war, its been going on there for generations. Iron handed rule just kept it in check.

I would be curious to hear how some of our members who have been there would describe the situation with respect to the views of "Iraqis".

My biggest problem is that the administration seems to have chosen to believe that what they wanted to be reality was and would continue to be reality. They didn't look at the situation with any wisdom or objective realism. This is what happens with ideologues. W should have taken some lessons from his father before embarking on this poorly conceived adventure.

Jordan