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Originally posted by Larry_OHF:
It is sad indeed to see those Iraquis lied to and told that the war is in their favor, that they are progressing and that they are holding strong against us. The govt. is trying to rally them together to be voluntary shields so that they can have more time to plan or escape...I dunno. The ones that believe those tales of victory and paradise are sad losses. They were merely gullible enough to believe in those people that couldn't care less about their individual lives.
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Larry, there is a common misconception that every Iraqi fighting the the US/UK forces are pro-Saddam. It isn't true.
The BBC have been running this story since the first bus left Jordan at the beginning of the war. When interviewed, nearly all of them talk about removing the 'invaders'. Very *few* are pro-Saddam - they just don't want foreigners running their country.
In a BBC interview with one of the shi'ites in Umm Qasar, the following statement was made:
"You kill Saddam - we welcome you. You stay we - fight you."
So the interviewer asked him how long the US/UK forces would be welcome for, after Saddam was killed and he said: "One day".
Meanwhile, the US is planning a UK style colonial administration to run Iraq after the fall of Saddam. I see trouble ahead...