Well, US soldiers hand out candy to kids and help build schools, while insurgents try to kill children and blow up schools. So....in that capacity, i'm sure they see the Americans as "protectors".
But here's the problem....the only reason they need protection by the Americans, is BECAUSE of the Americans. You know, every time Bush says "we've taken the fight to them", i cringe. Because where, exactly, have we taken the fight to? That's right, the residential streets of Iraq. Insurgent bombs are blowing up Iraqi civilians and Iraq buildings because Americans are among the Iraqi civilians, and because Americans are populating Iraqi buildings. We took our fight with terrorists, and put it on the front lines in Iraqi cities and towns, because we'd rather have innocent Iraqi civilians die than innocent American civilians. Wow, that's some message for the Iraqi's to rally behind us!! >I think the question of should we or shouldn't we be there at this point is > irrelevant. We're there... Sen. Cain has made some very valid points, we > need a decisive insurgent strategy, we don't have one. Protecting the > Iraqi > people from the insurgency also speaks to the "hearts and minds" issue, it > would put the US troops in the role of protector in the view of the > Iraqis, > not the role of invader. > > sas > > Scott A. Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:181587 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
