"Probably haven’t gotten over Soviet oppression. Afraid that the master will return."When I visited Poznan in Poland recently, I went to a military cemetary where there are many Soviet soldiers buried alongside the Poles and even Germans. There were catholic grave candles on many of the Soviet graves and recently placed, too. I take it all must be some form of "Stockholm syndrome" to you. If any of the American dead were to remained buried in Iraq, I wonder how well and for how long their graves would be preserved and kept...
I just love when people get snippy. It does nothing except expose the author’s arrogance. Gotta love that “air of superiority” thing.
PSST. You should see my other replies to find out what I think about the Poles. Oh, go ahead. I bet you’ll be surprised.
There have been a British military cemetaries in Iraq since World War I.
Seabees Restore British Cemetery in Iraq (Al Kut)
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=7610
See also the smashed headstones at the British and Indian cemetaries in Basra: http://www.britishwargraves.org.uk/newsite/gallery/Iraq_January_2006.htm