An Iraqi man holds an anti-American sign in front of the main gates of the prison of Abu Ghraib west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad May 5, 2004. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters) An Iraqi man holds an anti-American sign in front of the main gates of the prison of Abu Ghraib west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad May 5, 2004. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
Iraqi Shiites militiamen take up positions at the Al-Najaf cemetery in Najaf, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, May 5, 2004. Shiite militiamen loyal to a radical cleric ambushed a patrol of U.S. troops Wednesday in the holy city of Najaf and shot and killed a coalition soldier in a separate battle in Karbala. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Dear Mr. Iraqi, You need to realize just how MUCH the US army (and other branches of service) would love to come home and how MUCH America would like to have them home. There's no question about it. Unfortunately before we can do that, your country first needs to learn to govern itself so it doesn't turn back into the sinkhole that it's been for decades and longer.
If you people would stop bellyaching and protesting and start helping, for example pointing out the bad guys and showing that you have the maturity to assume the responsibility of taking care of yourselves, it would hasten the process of having our guys come home. You'd be happy, we'd be happy.
But until then Mr. Iraqi, you can bet your bottom dinera that America is NOT going to leave and cause the deaths of all the brave soldiers we've sacrificed to be in vain. So I recommend you suck it up, get busy in a positive way, start helping yourselves and each other and put your damn sign down.
Prairie