[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
MB, that's a thought provoking article as well. It's not directly related to the disccussion Primitive and I were having as we were discussiong whether the average Iraqi supports the invasion, not whether those in teh neiboring countries do. But it's thought provoking nonetheless.

Noone has to convince me that the US policies in the past have been, to be kind, inconsistant. Our support for Isreal and the lack of pressure on them to resolve the Palestinian issue has been unconcionable.

Maybe we have learned something, or maybe the war with Iraq is just another example of that. If that's the case then all our effort in removing the threat of Saddam will as the saying goes just be sowing to the wind. I hope that is not the case. But for me the fear of repurcussions of action started and not finished is no greater than no action at all. Either way terrible things were coming. You can try to head them off knowing that you may fail in the attempt, or you can simply wait and be run over by them.

Geoschmo

I believed was related with your discussion with Primitive, because is another view to understand why some (or most?) Iraqi (Arab) people doesn't see the US forces as liberators.