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Originally posted by stocktrader23
...I have also seen reports of alot of Anti-American sentiment from citizens not only in Baghdad but all of Iraq and the surrounding countries.
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The American media is horrendous at giving the perspective of the Iraqi people. We are spoonfed the "fact" that they all hate Saddam and want to see him overthrown. True interviews from the people of Iraq are few and far between on American television.
I saw a program on Newslink called "Bridges to Baghdad" that had a group of teenagers from Baghdad and a group of teenagers from New York talk to each other via satellite. They played video from the lives of the Iraqi teenagers and then asked each other questions. It was really interesting. The iraqi teens were very normal and could not understand why Bush wanted to attack Iraq. One girl said that she could not imagine another president besides Saddam seeing as how she has grown up with him as predisdent her whole life. All the teens were against the war. One Iraqi teen had a steel gate on his door and said it was because he heard that the American troops were going to raid his house when they got there. they all seemed a little pissed that bush thought he had the right to fuck up their lives.
There was one Iraqi guy that was really into heavy metal. I about died when he said the Backstreet Boys suck.
My point is that it seems as though the whole world is definately in "shock and awe". Shock and awe that Bush has the audacity to force his will on the world.