Reply #16: That's excellent ... we are both "westerners" who have lived in the ME [View All]

[ElectroPrincess]

Don't know if you are an Army Brat too but that is so cool!

No, guess the only area that you and I differ is that, I'm hoping against hope, that the beaten down (but not out!) Iraqi natives are fed up with all Autocratic Federal Rule of this artificially formed country. I'm hoping that they will split off and fight like hell for their independence.

However, the odds are that you are right, in that, Monarchies (BRUTAL!) tend to be the norm within the ME. I have a feeling, no true facts, that the natives of Iraq are different and hardened to an all out war for their independence. In that way, I truly believe that they will fight more like the Vietnamese people did in the name of Nationalism during the 60s and 70s. We killed over 2 MILLION, but "the Vietnamese People" would NOT QUIT fighting our occupation of their country. I believe that the Iraqi people have "had enough" of occupation. You see, even with a BRUTAL dictator, the Iraqis KNOW that the USA is pulling his strings. That will be a NON-STARTER. Unlike Iran, where the coup was not quite as "in your face" and the USA was a BUDDY to the Shah, like we are to the Ruling Class (The Royal Family) in Saudi Arabia. The Iraqi people KNOW that unless there's a major withdrawal, the USA whose killed many innocents and caused so much suffering, will be the PUPPET-MASTER of any brutal dictator. That will not play well with the masses.

Well, I hope and pray for the true spirit of our Great Country to be revealed as humanitarian and that the Iraqi people can begin to live in peace, free from foreign oppression.