What language is U.S. speaking in Iraq?

[Pale Blue Dot]

Set aside the awkward lingo. The message is clear enough:

Iraqis are resisting the occupation not because innocent bystanders are getting killed or injured in ill-conceived and ill-executed American operations.

Nor because doors to people's homes are being kicked down in the middle of the night, their meagre possessions turned topsy-turvy and their cash, essential for survival in the absence of banks, seized.

Nor because men are being dragged out in pyjamas, gagged and detained in frequent cases of mistaken identity; women are having their privacy invaded by aggressive and foul-mouthed strangers; and children are being frightened and psychologically scarred.

No, none of that, said the general, but because Iraqi culture and custom dictate they act up under such circumstances!

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What language is U.S. speaking in Iraq?

[madrchsod]

1. when will this war

turn into the "gathering of ears"?