And if not loved, how about at least being respected? And aren't "liberators" loved, by definition? These people do not seem to be enchanted by "liberation" Made in America.
The problem is that the way we're going about this the country will never be safe for Americans. How are we going to conduct business through that embassy if it's not safe?
Some folks insist the US IS loved, though, and these are abberations, as reported by many sources. And yet guerillas operate with seeming impunity, even though the US arrests everyone in sight after an attack.
Guerillas cannot operate without the tacit support of most of the population. It takes very little to 'drop a dime', or whatever, on them and claim the rewards, if only appreciation. The folks I've seen hanging around after a roadside bomb attack are openly cheering.
And this wasn't in the Sunni Triangle.
Arf
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What happened to "hearts and minds"?
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- "In Iraq, Blast shows deep Iraqi mistrust of Americans" (South of Baghdad) And the US didn't do this one.
- By the way, we're not in Iraq to be "loved." We're there to get a job done.
- Please define "job". It's been defined so many different ways now that I've become confused.
- What happened to "hearts and minds"?
- aren't "liberators" loved, by definition?
- A Reuters classic.
- By the way, we're not in Iraq to be "loved." We're there to get a job done.