Don’t believe the “ashamed” part.
My buddy served two tours in Iraq. The American soldiers would accompany the Iraqi “soldiers” on patrols and the Iraqis would drop their guns and flee at the first sound of gunfire leaving our guys to fend for themselves.
Iraqis are ungrateful cowards.
But, ISIS has many Iraqis. How come the cowards are always on our side?
I believe you. Iraqis were accustomed and conditioned to seeing terror actions against anyone who challenged government. They were not raised to think for themselves. Submission is what they live.