U.S. appears to be losing battle for hearts, minds of many Iraqis

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

This is a must read!

ABU GHRAIB, Iraq - (KRT) - On the same Sunday that Iraqi guerrillas shot down a Chinook helicopter, killing 16 U.S. soldiers, a less publicized battle was fought, and arguably lost, in the trash-strewn streets of the rough and tumble town of Abu Ghraib, 15 miles west of Baghdad.

A bus was set afire by tracer rounds from an American machine gun after someone threw a hand grenade at a U.S. Humvee. An hour later, dozens of men and teenage boys gathered less than 100 yards away, many of them shouting angrily as they described what they said was indiscriminate fire from the Americans.

Suddenly, an American armored Bradley Fighting Vehicle roared forward and smashed into the bus. The crowd scattered into a narrow alley full of market stalls. Then the Bradley ran over a truck, crushing one side beneath its tracks, and clattered away.

"You see how they behave, and they call us terrorists?" shouted Khassan Naim, a 32-year-old shopkeeper. "You see how they treat us? As long as they are here, and until we have an Iraqi government and are free again, we will continue to fight them."

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One of the turning points in the VietNam war was when Walter Cronkite stepped out of role and basically said that the war was a lost cause. I hope it doesn't take ten years for us to figure it out this time.

[Faygo Kid]

1. This is why we will lose this war

Looks like Vietnam all over again, at least in terms of the hearts and minds of the people. They don't buy the crap that we went in there for THEM any more than those posting here do.

[WeirdSceneGoldmine]

2. All the more reason to turn tail and leave now!

Get out and hand it off to the UN or whomever wants this quagmire.

Bring the Boys back home!

[sam sarrha]

3. Bumper Sticker for Tanks and other Military Vehicles.."dont hate me, hate

my president"

[Art_from_Ark]

4. In other news

Napoleon appears to be losing battle for hearts, minds of many Russians

U.S.S.R. appears to be losing battle for hearts, minds of many Finns

Imperial Japan appears to be losing battle for hearts, minds of many Filipinos

France appears to be losing battle for hearts, minds of many Algerians

Britain appears to be losing battle for hearts, minds of many Indians

U.S.S.R. appears to be losing battle for hearts, minds of many Afghanis

China appears to be losing battle for hearts, minds of many Tibetans

Indonesia appears to be losing battle for hearts, minds of many East Timorans

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

5. Well said.

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. APPEARS to be?

That foreign terrorist taliban guy went through quite a bit of trouble to go under cover as a 32 year old Iraqi shopkeeper don't you think?

Same with all those foreign taliban terrorist dead enders disguised as 10 year old Iraqi youth who seem to show up after all these attacks jeering and throwing rocks.