And we were. I can only imagine how much that must have upset you, Tom, how much it must have _burned_ to see people celebrating their liberation by Americans. My joy at the sight was probably equaled by your pain. "Greeted as liberators" didn't mean that _everyone_ felt that way. But at least a majority not only did, they still seem to.
Doesn't burn me at all. And your attempt to demean me does not at all change the fact that hope is not a plan, and to go in with a hope of being recognized as liberators is not a substitute for understanding the extreme difficulties involved in switching from being liberators to occupiers. Especially as, we went in under false pretenses!
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Tom Beck
my LiveJournal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/tomfodw/
"I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never thought I'd see the last." - Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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