From: "Robert Comer" 

> I think most Americans truly do not understand how -- for decades and,
> perhaps, centuries --  Iraqis and Muslims will view the US-led invasion of
> Iraq.

I think you sell us short, the aggressors don't have the same perceptions
as the attacked nation, no matter who's on which side.

Anyway, quite a few of us will remember as we remember Vietnam and Cuba.

- Bob Comer


"John Beamish"  wrote in
message news:41371f2a{at}w3.nls.net...
> We still study the war of 1812 in our history texts.  It's interesting to
> see the reaction when it comes up in conversation.  There's Canadian-style
> indignation but it's still indignation nearly 200 years later.
>
> I think most Americans truly do not understand how -- for decades and,
> perhaps, centuries --  Iraqis and Muslims will view the US-led invasion of
> Iraq.
>
>
> "Phil Payne"  wrote in message
> news:4136FEB8.47EA4631{at}isham-research.com...
>> > As opposed to the line prior to the Iraq war where Bush et al were
>> > right
>> > & all others were wrong wrt WMD etc?
>>
>> Some manage to stick to that fiction even today.  One shell by a roadside
>> "justifies" the murder of 40,000 Iraqis.
>>
>> The really troubling thing is that the American people will happily
>> forget
>> this in a year or two.
>>
>> The Iraqis won't.
>>
>> --
>>   Phil Payne
>>   http://www.isham-research.com
>>   +44 7785 302 803
>>   +49 173 6242039
>
>

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