Americans sow seeds of hatred

Sarab rolls up her sleeve and looks at the thick scar across her upper arm. The eight-year-old says she was playing in the bathroom of her house when the shots were fired but cannot remember anything else.
'It is their routine,' said her grandfather, Turk Jassim. 'After the Americans are attacked, they shoot everywhere. This is inhuman - a stupid act by a country always talking about human rights.'

Last September, US forces shot dead Sarab's two-year old sister, Dunya, and wounded two other girls in her family, 13-year-old Menal and 16-year old Bassad. The family belongs to the Albueisi tribe who farm the rich land along the Euphrates river south of Falluja. The Albueisi fought against the British and even Saddam Hussein found them difficult to control. Since April, at least 10 members of the tribe have been killed by US forces, including five policemen.

'If the Americans came as normal citizens, we'd welcome them,' said Khalid, an Albueisi with ties to the resistance. 'When they came for liberation, I sent them food. Now I just want to kill them. If I didn't have children, I'd join tomorrow.'

As a teenager, Khalid won local fame for revenging his brother's death. A notoriously good shot, he says he is now thinking of dusting off his Kalashnikov.
'What are we supposed to say? "Oh, the poor American soldiers died" when they kill people here every day? I expected more than just a Chinook to be shot down.'


http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1081134,00.html

Dimbo's war has upset whatever peace was in the region and will continue to influence attitudes there for the next century at least. The oil war just may have shut off our supply in a few years.

Isn't this how it always seems to be? A foreign army marching into a country to "liberate" the people and guide them toward a truly "ethical" and "enlightened" society - against their will. Bloodshed and death inevitably ensues.

Happened countless of times in history, and my guess is, unfortunately, it will happen again and again.