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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: LindyBill who wrote (80128)3/7/2003 3:29:01 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Hi LindyBill; Re: "Oh, I see. So when the dancing Iraqis meet us in the street with flowers, that is just a prelude to them starting Urban Warfare against us six months later."

No, a population that welcomes foreign troops usually doesn't rebel, though they sometimes eventually do.

I've noted before that the belief that the residents of Baghdad will come out with flowers for us is a delusion. Also note that I predicted within a few days of 9/11 that the Afghans would greet us with flowers. The difference is simple. We had a history of helping Afghanistan against the Russians, particularly under Reagan. Our history in Iraq is one of killing their soldiers (i.e. fathers, brothers and sons), destroying their infrastructure, and depriving the population of the benefits of free trade. Also, Afghanistan was a non Arab country being run by Arabs, a foreign invader, while Iraq is an Arab country being run by an Arab, so there was in Afghanistan a certain xenophobia already in place against the Taliban.

-- Carl
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