Brits get stones thrown at them. USA troops get bombs thrown at them.

[quilp]

There have been numerous reports of British troops getting stones thrown at them in Basra. Meantime our troops are getting bombs thrown at them. Clearly there seems a lot more hostility in Iraq to us than the British. Yet both are "occupying" forces. Why has there been no comment on this from the media?

[Gloria]

1. And here's this tidbit I picked up from

Canadian RCI Shortwave....a report a couple of days ago...how Canadians who are now deploying in Afghanistan are afraid because the locals can't tell the difference between them and the Americans...and since the Americans are targets, Canadians are afraid they're going to be targeted "by mistake."

[quilp]

3. The "short wave radio" tells all about our media.

Just how much don't we know?

[wtmusic]

2. What goes around comes around

Hey, when you shoot real bullets instead of rubber ones...

[Aristus]

4. The American troops represent a bloodthirsty, kill'em all 'n' let God

sort 'em out Misadministration. The British troops represent a sycophantic lapdog. You can drive off a lapdog with just stones.

[AP]

5. and the British troops represent Iraq's best hope at a reasonable

outcome for the average Iraqi. This is why Blair is in there, and the Iraqi's understand it.

[quilp]

6. You may be right. The Iraqis show a sense of proportion.

Our administration has not shown anywhere near this level of sophistication. And we think we are qualified to teach these people "democracy"? I think we ought to learn from them.