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Originally posted by Loki
hmm... Did anyone bother asking the Iraqi people if they wanted to be liberated? Or did we all see the statistics of what Saddam reportedly does/has done and assume that they would love foreign intervention/invasion?
Incidentally, judging by what is being reported by the media regarding whats going on in iraq, i don't think that they appreciated foreign intervention.
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No, they obviously *loved* being repressed by Saddam. They're all masochists, and like being tortured, raped, mutilated, blown up and executed...
FYI, after the '91 Gulf War, the Shiites were *begging* the US to come and liberate them. The US did not do that, unfortunately, and the rebels were slaughtered by the thousands. Remember all those mass-graves popping up all over the place? That's them.
Before the current war, there were many Iraqis living in the west that were quite pleased with the fact that their families were about to be liberated, as were the Kurds in the north of Iraq. Many Shiites don't really like the US anymore; not after the betrayal of '91. That this betrayal was in fact caused by the UN and not the US is something they cannot accept, and perhaps they're right on that issue...
Also, don't make the mistake of thinking that foreign extremists, Saddam's followers, and extremist religious leaders are somehow representative of the Iraqi popular opinion. The common Iraqis don't hate the US; they simply don't like the fact that there's *still* no power, oil and water, even though the US said they'd provide that. The US is doing the best it can, but is limited by the terrible state of the Iraqi infrastructure, and the morons that keep blowing things up.