[Calpernia]

"If an American asks an Iraqi on the street if they are glad American soldiers are in their country, they will probably not tell you the whole truth. They are still afraid someone is spying on them. But, when I asked them, they told me they are glad," said Susan Dakak, an Iraqi-born civil engineer who became a U.S. citizen and recently returned to her native country for six months to help rebuild water and sewage systems destroyed by Saddam's regime.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The magnitude of removing Saddam is yet to be fully appreciated by many Americans!!!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[MeekOneGOP]

[Valin]

"If an American asks an Iraqi on the street if they are glad American soldiers are in their country, they will probably not tell you the whole truth. They are still afraid someone is spying on them."

There was an article in the Atlantic Monthly shortly after the liberation of Iraq about how this society had been brutalized so bad by sadam & sons that it would be years before they became "healthy".
I am amazed at how much progress they've made.