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Re: Iraq insurgents take Saddam's home town in lightning advance
But the Iraqis hated the occupation so badly, they killed and injured troops with IEDs. Maybe we were friendly to a government the US installed, but we sure weren't favorites to Iraqi citizens. The friendliness, or allied government cooperation was out of necessity, and no more than that convenience.
The US should stop going around the world overthrowing countries and installing regimes, as our track record in doing that is a miserable failure.
We were (and are) allies of the post-Saddam government from the time it was established. Our political leverage and intelligence influence were quite powerful when we still had a military presence in country.eace
But the Iraqis hated the occupation so badly, they killed and injured troops with IEDs. Maybe we were friendly to a government the US installed, but we sure weren't favorites to Iraqi citizens. The friendliness, or allied government cooperation was out of necessity, and no more than that convenience.
The US should stop going around the world overthrowing countries and installing regimes, as our track record in doing that is a miserable failure.