tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post7624177829119134722..comments2023-10-25T08:34:59.128-07:00Comments on Iraqi <i>American</i> Mojo: Obama has done it betterIraqi Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348791832474839472noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-20966885537050533162012-02-25T23:33:19.550-08:002012-02-25T23:33:19.550-08:00Nov. 2011: "The perception of American betray...Nov. 2011: "The perception of American betrayal still resonates deeply in the Iraqi psyche, and explains one of this war’s enduring contradictions: that even though the Shiites benefited most from the war that overturned a long reign of tyrannical Sunni rule, they <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/world/middleeast/iraqi-shiite-anger-at-united-states-remains-strong.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">never completed trusted</a> the Americans. Meanwhile, the Middle East revolts this year have reopened the wound of 1991, with Iraqis left to wonder what might have happened if their own revolution had received the same support as Libya’s did this year."Iraqi Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14348791832474839472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-58625031239152258492012-02-25T23:24:28.343-08:002012-02-25T23:24:28.343-08:00It's true that Saddam was worse that Qadhafi, ...It's true that Saddam was worse that Qadhafi, and Iraq is <a href="http://iraqimojo.blogspot.com/2011/08/iraq-is-very-different-from-libya.html" rel="nofollow">very different</a> from Libya.Iraqi Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14348791832474839472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-24813016423303521302012-02-25T13:02:00.662-08:002012-02-25T13:02:00.662-08:00"Bush spent a trillion dollars to get Saddam,..."Bush spent a trillion dollars to get Saddam, and then Obama spent a billion dollars (1000 times less than a trillion) to get Qadhafi."<br /><br /><br />Interesting...because at the same time, Qaddafi was about 1/1000th as murderous as Saddam and equally irrelevant to US interests. <br /><br />Obama also had the Arab world cheering him on when he took out Q...while Bush received nothing but anti-American screeds and suicide car bombers.C.H.http://www.coreyhunt.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com