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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-31-03 01:07 AM
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5. I think, when soldiers face
Edited on Fri Oct-31-03 01:15 AM by Zorra
constant threat, and see their comrades get killed or wounded day in and day out, I think it makes their hearts get hard, and they begin to hate anyone or anything associated with the enemy. Think about yourself in that position, and you see your friends get their heads blown off or their legs amputated. And the people all hate you and yell at you and want you to leave because you are occupying their country. After a while you are bound to go a little insane. Remember, many of those soldiers think that they are doing a good thing for the Iraqi people by occupying their country. They think they are bringing democracy to Iraq. Because that is what their Resident told them they were doing, setting the Iraqis free.

And the Iraqis are trying to kill them, and their friends, every day, because of it.

Maybe the Iraqis have to deal with a lot more Americans than they do British. I don't know what the ratio of American Soldiers to British soldiers is, but I am willing to bet it's at least 5 to 1.

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