Did you know most adult Iraqis have teeth ground down from eating bread made from stone ground flour? Gotta' have an impact on their attitude.
:"If they'd had the chance to talk to Jwadeh at Indiana University (he passed on before the occupation) I think he'd let them know that we'd have to be much more brutal than we planned to get it fully under control."
Agreed, there is a reason the US has been so supportive of secular despots (egypt) and monarchs in the past - they keep things under control.