For the moment, more Iraqis consider Americans as occupiers rather than liberators.

Weren't they supposed to welcome the US troops with open arms?

There is a split going on in the world.

What actually has happened during the past nine months is something Americans have yet to grasp, and that others have yet to say out loud: People outside the United States have stopped believing the American story.They don't think terrorism is an Evil force the United States is going to defeat. They say instead that terrorism is a way people wage war when they don't have F-16's or armored divisions.
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Yes, it's also true Europe doesn't believe it's possible to succesfully introduce democracy into Iraq. Maybe Europe is wrong or else maybe is only too aware of what happened during colonial times.

Raoul