[FairOpinion]

Many of the problems the Iraqis are experiencing now are NOT the result of the war, but the result of Saddam's rule. You can't fix everything in a month, that was destroyed in 30 years. I think we need some serious public relations work, explaining things to the Iraqis, so they understand that we are working on it and why can't things happen overnight.

Also, we don't know how unhappy the Iraqis really are, we are only getting our news from the liberal anti-US media. I bet that most Iraqis understand that things don't happen overnight. They have lived in abject poverty for many years under Saddam.

[spookycc]

Thanks for responding to my earlier post - I know the Iraqis as a whole aren't as anti-American as some of the demonstrations we see (even on FOXnews, let alone CNN et al).

I think we need a PR campaign with reporters "embedded" with the reconstruction teams, so everyone can see we're trying to help rebuild, and that it's a laborious process. I just haven't seen much info anywhere on what exectly is being done.