[]shortbus said:
Anyone seeing the Iraqis celebrating?
I wonder why they're doing that? [/]
Celebrating, rioting, looting -- lots of big public displays going on in Baghdad right now, not all of them good. Any time you get a large group of people together in a high-tension environment there's going to be a certain amount of "over the top" behaviour, so I don't think we can assume they're *all* just in it for the celebration. People in this country act like that on New Years Eve.
My concern -- the US is taking out a moderate (albeit crazy) Middle Eastern government and is going to replace it with a government backed by the Shi'ites or other, less moderate Islamic regime. Then we won't have prisoners being tortured for no good reason, but we will have thieves getting their hands chopped off for stealing, and women being stoned for adultery. The US didn't care one bit about how women were treated in Afghanistan until the Taliban suddenly blew up some buildings on American soil. Personally, I'm afraid that in the long run, large groups of Iraqis (Sunis, Christians, etc.) are going to be treated much worse than they ever were under Saddam.
My two cents, from a dual-citizenship perspective.
