...they are killing anyone

[picoico]

Re: …they are killing anyone

@cat-woman

My Iraqi friend who’s a journalist says that the majority of the Iraqis are greatful for the US presence. He has experienced life under the rule of Saddam Hussein, and even if the US military is the lesser of the two evils, the invasion has been a blessing for most Iraqis. Most of the killings are being conducted by separitist groups and militias.

My Iraqi barber hates the Americans. He, being a Shia, didn’t like Saddam…but then, also being from Baghdad he can attest that Saddam’s troops never barged into anyone’s house at the middle of night, nor was there a threat of getting hit by a stray bullet from a republican guardsmen. Basically, if you stayed away from politics you were living pretty stable and well. Not any more.

He knows that the next republic will be an Islamic one, and what Saddam is today, the Shias will be tommorow…i.e. boogy men to justify another war.

In fact, most of the kilings are by US troops. The next most are caused by criminals. Only a minority of the killings can be attributed to terrorists and insurgents.

Needless to say, the sooner the Iraqi police and army are trained, and the sooner the Americans go home…we can hopefully see the death rate drop.