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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend.... -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (3244)	6/25/2004 2:16:21 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35834

I don't underestimate at all....shocked and surprised......yes, but I don't think I'm going to expect anything less leading up to the election. I am rather naive when it comes to human nature......I always expect the best. Pity me!

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (3244)	6/29/2004 7:32:09 AM
From: abstract	Respond to of 35834

How do Iraqis feel about the U.S.? June 29, 2004 BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The irony is enormous. More than 200,000 American forces topple one of the world's most hated dictators. In short order, however, the liberators are seen as the occupiers -- reviled by many of the people they came to free. Nearly 60 percent of Iraqis surveyed believe U.S.-led forces were wrong to invade Iraq, according to a poll released Monday. But half also think that democracy is what their country needs most. And nearly 60 percent believe that the United States must help rebuild Iraq if it wants the country's interim government succeed. Iraqis say a long list of ill-advised American moves fueled an insurgency, created chaos and plowed the ground for today's harvest of terrorism. The frustration felt by Iraqis has been deepened by the failure of the U.S.-led occupation to secure essential services, especially electricity, and recent disclosures that Iraqi detainees were abused by their American guards. ''It would seem that the Americans are not familiar with Iraq, the mentality and customs of its people,'' said Abdul-Ghafour al-Samrai, a senior Sunni Muslim cleric. Resentment toward the ''liberators'' has been fed by some of the practices of the U.S. military -- like detaining women, searching private homes and the accidental killing of Iraqis. An Iraqi tendency to exaggerate and indulge in conspiracy theories has helped fuel such negative feelings too. Bashing America has become almost a tradition to many Arabs for decades. Iraq is no exception, and many here often forget to mention that the removal of Saddam has given them the kind of freedoms that are hard to find in the rest of the Arab world. ''When difficulties persist, it is natural for people to express resentment at those in authority -- especially when the latter are foreign powers exercising authority as an occupier,'' Peter W. Rodman, U.S. assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, said earlier this month. suntimes.com