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Voltaire99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-23-05 01:03 AM
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20. Colonial history...
teaches quite a simple lesson: the invaded despise the invaders.

Even that obviousness hasn't been understood in America. Until it is, there's little to be gained from concocting Orientalist fantasies, cobbled together from establishment US news sources, of what drives the Iraqi resistance and these fabled "young idealists from other countries." Such narratives are right at the heart of this failed war.

First, inquire: what do you really know about Iraq, and who has taught you it?

Secondly, ask: how well have they steered you thus far?
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