Originally Posted by boatin

Would you believe there are people that are cynical about the US's interests? You surely want them to be free. I don't doubt that for a second.

But if you were living there, and saw the building of military bases, seen the devestation of this war, seen an unplanned for aftermath, etc, wouldn't you be a little itty bit cynical? Perhaps enough to turn off your logical brain and let your emotional one free?

It's easy for us to trust American interests. A bit harder for Iraqi's to trust us. I trust my own family more than you would, too.

Try to understand that mistrust, make a plan to work around it, try to win the proverbial peace. That's what I ask of our government. But all I see is more "you're with us, or you're against us". It's damn hard to welcome that approach...