Reply #23: As a citizen of any country where foreign troops invade

[sabrina 1]

I would be angry at both my government, IF they had agreed to the invasion, absolutely and would be working to replace that government. I would be angry too at the invaders, but far more so at my own government, unless it was done without their knowledge.

I am sure that many people in Pakistan are angry.

There seems to be a perception in the West that the Pakistani people are all ignorant, fundies so they will react to whatever their religious leaders tell them to react to. The ignorance of other nations, and the underlying racism in this country especially, is stunning. I have to say until the GWOT was unveiled and all that pent up prejudice and hatred was given permission to come out in the open, I admit to not realizing how pervasive it was.

Pakistan has a large proportion of its population of people who are smart, informed and in many case far more rational than some of our own citizens. But how would the average American know that? Our media is so closed and most Americans don't travel, so, it's easy to paint other nations as 'lesser' and irrational.