Reply #9: Now when I see coalition troops in Iraq

[sushi]

on TV news I wonder why they're still there. Iraqis must be glad that Saddam Hussein is gone but now they're getting tired of being occupied by foreigners. Since no WMDs (the reason for the invasion) have been found, it is time to leave before many more Iraqis and coalition troops die.

Does the coalition want to meddle in Iraq's business until Iraqis adopt democracy? We can't force democracy on others. They must desire it. It must come from within. Besides, it would take ages, maybe a generation or two.

Now they are pounding Fallujah. I thought they wanted to win the hearts and minds of the people.

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"So, a mob of Iraqis torch, beat, mutilate and hang corpses belonging to four American defense contractors on the same day that five U.S. soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing."

"While the killings are indeed gruesome and God help the families of those killed, I would like to ask what on Earth do you expect? These are people who suffered under 13 years of sanctions, constant and consistent bombing throughout the 1990s and persistent random trigger-happy killing of civilians by U.S. troops in the last year... You want candy and flowers?"

"Grow up. Occupation begets every single form of violence to reject, deject, and eject the occupier..."

"Jim Clancy of CNN says pictures of the bodies dragged through the streets were shocking to everyone, including the Iraqi people. I beg to differ. The problem here is the westernized, ethnocentric, Judeo-Christian, and downright racist approach to Iraq. Missing are the pictures of U.S. soldiers with their boots on the necks of detainees who have yet to be questioned. It seems U.S. soldiers believe everyone in Iraq is guilty till proven dead...

http://www.yellowtimes.org/article.php?sid=1840&mode=thread&order=0