what do you think about the iraqis?
449753
The few Iraqi people that i have meet. \nHave been ordinary people who just want their country to have peace. \nthey want the chance to rebuild their country, to live in freedom and security, \nSome thing which they have not had the chance to do since Saddam. \nThe few i have meet told me they don't mind the western soldiers being there, until the time is right for the Iraqi people to take over. \nif the insurgence will leave them to get on with it.
468024
Probably not. The Iraquis can't seem to make up their minds on how to work together.
45273
I guess it's real easy to judge since none of you have to be responsible for the entire country. I have a feeling you have trouble managing your own lives. Only the uninformed have a problem with the way he does things. LOOK honestly at the way Saddam treated his people and the say YOU wouldn't want somebody to help you.  REAL NICE
598710
I have very good friends who live in the USA from Iraq, Iraqy people are good people ( There are just some who are bad)  I wish you could hear them talk, the Iraqy people are very proud of our country for helping them, all what you see & hear is on the news and news can be misleading and we all know that, these people I know have had family murdered by the bad people there Saddam etc, so please before you really judge our president , go talk to some kind very open Iraqy  people here in the USA, you would be suprised what you hear, pull away now and the USA, will be pussy cats and not only that, what would the other countries think of us???? think about that one, Our people who joined , joined on their free will, we did not force them I understand there are alot dying but hey, theye did it, so you can eat everyday, so you can walk free, so you can say just what you said today on this internet. Be thankful, thats all.
91671
I can answer about Iraq. \nThey are about 75% of the whole population. \nThey are not only arabs. 65% of iraqis are arab-shia. There are also Kurdish-shia and Turkman-shia in addition to some more from smaller cultures of iraqi society.
781843
I would like to say hello, how are you?  Believe it or not Americans do not hate Iraqi's.  I do not believe all Iraqi's are terrorists and I am extremely sadden by the conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.  I wish that all Muslims could get along with each other, I would like to see Iraq govern itself again without civil strife so that our soldiers can come home.  \n\nI know it's a lot to ask that the Sunni's and Shiite's get along, Christians cannot do it, so how do I expect the Muslims to do so.\n\nI hope that you and your family are safe and that peace comes to your country soon.
408784
If you are an Iraqi it is your problem, please resolve it.\nOtherwise do not poke your nose in others domain.\nLet's respect the sovereignty and freedom of all the nations in the world.
159142
The cartoons just added fuel to the fire. How would you feel if another country bombed and invaded your country? If you are an American, how did you feel after 9/11? That is how the majority of Iraqis feel now. Iraqis are angry at the Allies because of the death and destruction we've unleashed on their country - first with the sanctions, then with the invasion.
363595
Well, \nA. they aren't hornets,they're people... but of course your a conservative, and no one is actually a person to you unless they are white and rich.. hahahah\nB. I think we've done some good things... I mean Saddam was a bad guy... granted... we give quite a bit of money to needy countries... probably not half as much as U.S. corporations pillage.. but still... you said policy... not overall... \nI personally think it's in the application... good ideas at times... horribly executed... it seems like Bush thinks everyone was raised in Texas with his values and beliefs... and he gets confused when other people react differently to a situation than he does... everyone's not the same... that doesn't make them bad or stupid, you just have to see things through their eyes... which we have done an extremely poor job of.
1020003
true im with u....And even th iraqis say that britshers are good soldiers whereas americans just run their vehicle over people gathered for meeting rape womens and kill teenage kids see the videos all are americans
751527
Arcane are you  crazy?  Their are a lot more modernized middle eastern countries that Iraq.  I have been to a couple different countries and I saw nothing that even Iraq.  You need to know what you are talking about before you start saying stuff like that.  One other thing I want to tell you about.  If the Iraqis didn't want us there all they had to do is run us out,  but they are going through what we did  in our civil war, Losing life's, homes, family and what not they know that it is a necessary evil but most of them are ready for a change.  There have been more business open up in the last year than any other year in their history.  Soon as they can show that their military is able and willing we will be out but no sooner.  It would be a disgrace to the US and its people if we left now and let total hell rain down upon them.
1078817
No, of course not. It's because they are humanitarians who care very deeply about the saving the Iraqi people from the terrorist insurgents who are invading their country. \n\nEither that or they're a bunch of frigging hypocrites who don't know what the hell is going on.\n\nTake your pick.
901167
To,\nThe self-proclaimed dad of the universe,\n\nAsk the Iraqis...is it really?
181861
I am sorry for the above answer - while we know that things are difficult over there, it is difficult for us to remember the Iraqis when we have troops so far away from home getting injured or killed. Our government has already spent a significant amount of money, and I am certain that a portion of that money includes support for the Iraqi citizens.\n\nPLEASE do not take the above answer as the opinion of every U.S. Citizen!
457391
though i am not iraqi,but my mother is and i lived  in iraq till i left it last year more than 40 years,but i think i have the right to answer you.\n1. the war has almost totally destroyed the country.iraq was the jewel of the middle east,now it is a heap of garbage.it is the richest country in the whole world.now its people have the the rank of the 5th poorest country.in the 80,s iraq imported 3 million egyptian workers,now the unemployment is 80%.iraq who is floating on oil is importing gas,kerocine and disel.their prices have jumped 20 folds in 6 mounthes.\n2.from whom was iraq libreated.it was a sovrign independent country since 1921,it is now under occupation.if you think that removing saddam from power is the lebriation of the country,then i suggest you read a criditable book about the deserting army soldeir who by miracle claimbed to the chair of the vice president in 1968 without any qualifications or any service in the government,accept being a gangister,when he was at the age of 29.who was behind him..\n3.there were more than 15 attempts of assasinations and coups by the iraqi army and diffrent people sectores against saddam.who used to warn him,and give him full informations.\n4. wasnt easier and much less costlier to assasinate him since his regime was badly decaying instead of sheding blood from both side with these astronomical figures of us dollars.the proof for that is the us army faced no resistance in invading the country,had the regimn not decayed,the casualties would have been immence.the iraqis are known to be stubborn fighters,\n5.i wish that those who speak of the rebuilding of iraq give the names of the hospitals,roads,electric power stations,schools,water purifying plants ,and the locations of these new projects.otherwise why the electricity is much worse than it was before the war,till now.\n5.no one dosent like the democracy,but every culture has its own way of democracy.dont forget that iraq has 10,000 years of accumilated culture behinde it,it isnt easy to impose the american ideals and way of democracy on it in short time. it is natural that it is rejected.yes the iraqies lived black days since 1958,but the occupation made things worse.\n6.above all there was real security,who dared to kidnap a person before,he would be executed infront of the victims house.noe in the last 3 mounthes the kidnaping rate is 200 persons per day,halfe are wqomen and children.that is one example.who can dare cretisize any official.who can complain anything to any official,where can the officials be found to complain to them.in 1950 my fraind says taha if your phone goes out of service,it would be repaired in one day,now after lebriation it took 15 mounthes and it is not working yet.
795219
I'm not jumping on the democratic mind frame. However I am having some serious questions about just how much the Iraqis them self want change. I know people that are in Iraq right now. During Ramadan the Iraqi soldiers did not get paid. So they just packed up and left the base. Leaving our guys to have a skeleton crew trying to hold the base down. This makes me wonder if our guys are giving their lives for Iraqis that are only in it for the money. Well than maybe I do need to take another look.
1069068
Americans for the most part like the Iraqi's.  It is the terrorist insurgents and the hangers on to the old regime we don't like.  In the words of Thomas Jefferson, all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights.  Sometimes you just have to stand up and fight for those rights.  The Iraqi people are just starting to get a chance to fight for their own rights now.  If you are an Iraqi, be proud, vote and support your new free and open Representative Republic.  It may not be perfect, but it beats the hell out of tyranny.