bgates, where exactly do you get your information about Iraq? You think that it’s bad only because it wasn’t “explained” well? I’m speechless.
There are many Iraqi veterans who spoke out against the war — what do you say about that? And there are quite a few retired generals who came out criticizing the execution of the war at very high level — stragetic level, what do you say about them? I consider those as people who know what’s going on on the ground. (I think that there are quite a few returning veterans running for offices, and a dominant majority of them are running on a platform against the war. But correct me if I’m wrong here).
Cognitive scientists say that we understand the world through our own internal mapping of the world. That’s what perception is. The more I read all the debates here, the more I believe this theory.
I sincerely hope that Iraq will have a better turn, and innocent Iraqi people won’t continue to suffer so much from all the violence there (sectarian violence and/or civil war may or may not involve terrorists). The sad reality in the world is — it’s always people at the bottom who suffer greatly for mistakes made by people at the top.
