Your ignorance really doesn’t deserve a reply. Death Squads trained by U.S. soldiers? Are you serious? Thats probably the most ignorant statement i’ve ever heard. What about the torture chambers found under $addam’s 50 palaces. No wonder they couldn’t pay the power bill, he had tons of expensive palaces built for himself.
We’re sitting in a classroom with power, electricity, water, food, and safety thanks to our brave soldiers who you so elegantly called “cold-blooded killers” and “terrorists”. They are not terrorists, the 19 radical Islamists who hijacked American civilian airplanes and crashed them into civilian buildings were terrorists. You call us terrorists but when your country needs help, who do they call?……THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

This web-site is not designed to bash each others countries. This just might be an example of how our countries have trouble understanding each other. You think we are all cocky and arrogant and we wonder why the world hates the same country that has came to their aid before.

Before you judge an entire country, go meet an American or visit the U.S. if possible. Its probably the only way you could see the truth, the real America instead of what the news puts out to sell their papers or newscasts.

There isn’t much else to do except apologize to Esra’a on behalf of everyone for how this post got out of hand.

And we’ll end this with a “Have a nice day”.

Kyle and Brandon

Jina, now you are talking about the cost-benefit analysis – what’s worse, thousands killed under Saddam or thousands killed in a war? I think they are both pretty terrible, and neither should have happened, but the actions/decisions that have been made can’t be reversed it’s only a matter of what to do moving forward.

Mohammad, I completely agree that the US has some blame in the environment that has been created which allows suicide bombings to flourish. However, an individual’s actions can never, ever be blamed 100% of their environment. People still make choices. Also, I don’t think that a majority of Americans think that what happens in the ME can do no harm to us – that’s exactly the perception that changed after 9/11. It would be very arrogant and ignorant to assume that in our globalized society, actions in one part of the world would not affect other parts of the world.

1: “The US should be blamed for sectarian riots which foster suicide bombers who kill their own brethren.” you are right, I should add an ‘also’ in the sentence: “the US should also be…”

2: suicide acts killing innocent people is not justifiable at all. but, I think, US has to be blamed in these cases as well.

3: “let’s attack, let’s quit, let’s do this, let’s do that…yes, we can.” and most Americans think that what happens in this part of the world could do no harm to their safe island. I’m sorry. that is what I call ‘arrogance’.

Let me start by saying that I am not and never have been a supporter of the war in Iraq. However, that doesn’t mean that I don’t recognize some of the good products of the war – like the schools and infastructure that Kyle and Brandon referenced.

Hmmm… blowing two schools up and then building one doesn’t equate anything other then repaying for the damage that was done by the war. US whiped out the Iraqi infrastructure, it’s going take decades to get back to how it was under Saddam.

The US in no way forces suicide bombers to act, even if the US shares some responsibility for allowing a situation in where that type of behavior is deemed acceptable or honorable.

Under Saddam, this scenario was not possible or would have been very rare. Yes Saddam killed thousands, but Americans managed to kill just as much in less than 5 years. I am talking about the deaths that are directly related to the war and indirectly, such as hospitals being blown up, water supplies being bombed etc.

Also, who you define as a “victim” of the Iraq war is most likely not be what I define as a victim. I don’t think the suicide bombers are victims, I think they are perpretators; and therefore I do not feel one ounce of sorrow or pity towards them. I find any defense of their actions deplorable.

No one is calling the suicide bombers victim here, I am not sure where you got that from.

Mohammad Memarian said “The US should be blamed for sectarian riots which foster suicide bombers who kill their own brethren.” That statement removes any responsibility on behalf of those who actually use the bombs, which is absolutely absurd. The US in no way forces suicide bombers to act, even if the US shares some responsibility for allowing a situation in where that type of behavior is deemed acceptable or honorable. Also, who you define as a “victim” of the Iraq war is most likely not be what I define as a victim. I don’t think the suicide bombers are victims, I think they are perpretators; and therefore I do not feel one ounce of sorrow or pity towards them. I find any defense of their actions deplorable.

Committing suicide in the name of your cause is one thing, taking tens or hundreds or thousands of lives (regardless of what those people believe about your cause) with you is quite another….and it is something that I will never believe to be morally justifiable.