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I think the bottom line is this: The U.S. invaded Iraq. Killed their leaders. Humbled them and embarrassed them.
In my opinion...the people of Iraq probably see the "leadership" in Baghdad as puppets of the U.S. (even though they aren't, they were still put in place while the U.S. military was running the country).
I think if the same thing happened to the U.S. as happened to Iraq, we would probably rise up and take out the "fake" govt. (in the people's eyes) as soon as we could.
To me, and most people in the Western world, these people are "militants" and "terrorists" and every other name that the U.S. govt. and the media can name them.
But to a lot of people in Iraq they are heroes, and WE are the "insurgents" into their country.
I saw on CNN this morning, after the President gave his press conference on the situation, a discussion about events on the ground. One of the panelists said that the "ISIS" forces are not only receiving lots of support from the population, but the Sunni tribal leaders have joined forces with them and are leading the armies of ISIS in Iraq.
I think the U.S. govt. needs to get out of there and stay out. Every Iraqi Sunni we kill with a bombing is going to create 1000 more that hate our guts.
You know...in 1776, England was faced with a "terrorist" "militant" "insurgent" who was leading an army across British territory and attacking and killing soldiers.
To the British of 1776, George Washington would be a "terrorist".
To us he is a hero.
I think that's the same way that the Sunni's see this uprising as well.
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