<...Obviously, there are things more important than money, in their minds, things like culture, feeling of belonging to a nation, international laws, etc.
It would be nice to think Turkey decided as it did out of high principles. I'm not buying it.
The Iraqis were supposed to welcome the US "liberators" but instead, fight for their country, against an "invader", even if their country is led by a dictator they hate.
At least for the average conscript, there are guns pointed at their heads. Read the news.
Al Jazeera is showing the arab side of the war, and contrary to 1991, the arab countries don't only get CNN anymore, but a number of similar channels, which helps them making their mind up.
Iraq gets only the news its government wants it to hear. There aren't a lot of people in Iraq seeing CNN right now. A satellite dish can get you shot.
Throughout the world, since a few days, thousands of news magazines have been printed with the theme we all know.
None of the people writing these things would hate America one bit less if we had never done anything in Iraq at all. You think this is the first time these socialist wannabes have come down on America for something?
I wonder what we'll talk about in 6 months time?
Mostly about how damn wrong some of us were. Let's wait and see.
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