To antagonize a culture or several countries, just to be sure they won't threaten us will never work.

For the moment, what goes on in Iraqi's minds is certainly very conflicting: happy to have been liberated from Saddam's tyranny but not happy to be occupied. The longer the occupation, the faster they'll forget why the US invaded their country.

And of course, the rest of the world doesn't understand how the US ended up mixing dedicated islamist terrorists mostly from Saudi Arabia with a secular dictatorship.

The human mind can find other means to inflict casualties without needing WMD's or airplanes. If they're determined, they'll be extremely dangerous and occupying Iraq has only helped fostering their commitment. They have the time and the element of surprise.

Raoul