Originally Posted by rickholio

Perhaps if the WH finally releases those pictures from Abu Ghraib, we'll find out if that's been done already. Doesn't seem to be helping matters much thus far, if so.

Therein lies the problem with 'carpet killing all brown people'. Every dead iraqi breeds 2 or 3 extremists. If some foreign dickhead dropped a bomb on my kid or brother or parents, I'd be out for blood and so would you (unless you're some pathetic pussy). THAT'S why terrorism is a hydra unless approached carefully.

You won't grow any more extremists if you take out TERRORISTS... hell, the population might even give you some grudging support. But when you cluster bomb weddings, take pictures of beating people to death in saddam's old torture rooms, destroy power and water infrastructure and be unable to restore it, raid peoples houses in the middle of the night and humiliate the occupants in front of their family and neighbors, (allegedly) hold women/children hostage in order to get at the men, etc etc... well, it's no great surprise you're not making friends and influencing people. Would you want to help people who invaded your country and did that?