Ali is not alone. Why can't the peaceniks understand this?
Because they choose not to. To them, this isn't about the Iraqi people. To the best of them, it is only about some nebulous and elusive ideal that cannot possibly be attained this side of heaven, and to the rest of them, it is about being anti-Bush and anti-American. To them, the "Iraqi people" is nothing more than an empty term they use to lend weight to their hollow protests, much like "for the children" justifies anything Hillary Clinton conceives in her diabolical mind.