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What I can't figure is these idjits tolerated Saddam for what, 30 years with no big uprisings except for that half-hearted one right after Gulf War I (with the exception of the brave Kurds possibly)? But their liberators have been there for one lousy year with well-known plans to turn over sovereignity to them, and they're anxious to fight to the death to get them out RIGHT NOW. Why weren't they that dedicated and brave when S.H. was in power? It's simple: You've got tinhorn despots like al-Sadr and former Saddam thugs that see an opening for a power grab and propagandize their way into the simple minds of guys like this. They use the Viet Nam model (no I'm not saying that Iraq is Viet Nam) of letting the lefty wack-jobs over here with their lies and distortions gradually turn public opinion against the war and the administration. They're hoping the U.S. will continue with "cease-fires" and "talks" and all the while keep up their low-intensity guerrilla-style tactics that cause the American casualties to keep trickling in in an attemp to sway the American public's psyche. With plenty of gullible cannon fodder to sacrifice like the guy in this story they figure they can just wait us out. That's why we need to come down HARD AND DECISIVELY on these creeps to put an end to it. I hate war and death as much as anyone but this piecemeal crap is just going to cause more deaths in the long run. No war to my knowlege has ever been won by "measured" or "proportional" responses. Wars are won by OVERWHELMING responses. Sure, the "Arab street" would get their panties in a bunch over it initially, but after peace and prosperity are established, the ones with half a brain will see it was just. The other hardcore American haters are going be against us no matter what anyway.