Nobunaga wrote: ...

<edit> Also, why should I be so concerned with what the world
thinks of my country? Seriously.
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Seriously? I'll tell you why. Because if everybody hates you they try to kill you. For most people, the math is obvious, but since I'm having trouble making a point with some I'll spell it out for you. BLOWING UP SH*T IS FUN ENOUGH AS IT IS!!! YOU DONT HAVE TO GO AROUND GIVING PEOPLE EXCUSES TO DO IT TO OTHER PEOPLE!!!! Jeez.
However, I must also contradict some of what nobunaga's contradictors say, because most Iraqis do like us being there to deal with the al-qaeda for them. We give them food, education, and soccer balls, so why wouldn't they? The area public opinion differs is in the "Sunni Triangle"-not the only area of Sunni majority but definitely the area of the worst violence. To tie that in with the article,, this was not COMPLETELY Bush's fault either, most of it was Hussein's. I say, like about 30-70% Bush-Hussein blame ratio. But I'm no socio-political analysist. Seriously, that's just the opinion i formulated after seeing all i have (which is slightly more than most Americans).
I think most muslim countries are only somewhat bothered by US presence in Iraq, except for Iran which actually is filled with terrorists and idiots. Saudi Arabia and the UAE care about as much about us in Iraq as we care about the Columbian civil war. And we dont really care about the Columbian civil war.