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One lingering question
"In my travels around the country I continue to be asked by Americans of all ages, “do the Iraqi people really hate us and despise us as much as the news is showing us?” Based on my own less than professional poll it appears that a good number of people, you might even say the majority of Americans, believe that over 50% of the Iraqis have a certain aversion to Americans and wish we would leave their country.
At the risk of being redundant I am going to reiterate again my sentiments regarding this topic of discussion. As one who spent a good deal of time out amongst the general populace of Iraq, traveling through the streets of Baghdad, who actually met hundreds of Iraqi citizens, who went into their homes and met their families and ate their food, who interacted with Iraqis on a daily basis and in a number of different capacities, I feel that I can speak with some degree of authority regarding their feelings.
In an effort to not mix words or confuse this matter further, I can bluntly state that the majority of Iraqis I met welcomed our presence, greeted us with open arms, and openly expressed their love and appreciation for our efforts in freeing them from a ruthless tyrant. Many Iraqis opened their homes to my friends and I treating us with great feasts, and repeatedly expressed their love towards us for what we were doing for them."
from Chief Wiggles
8:14:40 PM 
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