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It was an American soldier aboard an armoured vehicle in front of us, stuck in a traffic jam on the outskirts of Baghdad. He gestured disapprovingly towards our driver for approaching with some speed, then looked to his left and angrily stuck out a middle finger. I followed his gaze and there was a child of no more than eight or nine sitting in a chair in front of the open gates leading to the garden of his house. He was shouting angrily, with a clenched fist of defiance, cutting the air with swift and furious right hooks.

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A Confederate prisoner, when questioned as to his motivation, answered his Northern captor, "I'm fighting because you're here."

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Originally posted by Tommy_Paine:
In that rather detailed documentary on the Civil War that PBS aired a few years ago, there was this short section on why Southern soldiers were fighting. Few of them actually owned slaves, few had anything of substance to lose in the "states rights" argument.

A Confederate prisoner, when questioned as to his motivation, answered his Northern captor, "I'm fighting because you're here."

While everyone looks to Iraqi politics to try to determine just who the players are in the resistance, I think much of it is due to the "Because you're here" factor.

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It's the most natural response of all. Animals do it, people do it, "GET THE FUCK OFF MY LAWN!"

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Originally posted by worker_drone:

So to you Courage, the Iraqis are little more than animals huh?

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Originally posted by worker_drone:

So to you Courage, the Iraqis are little more than animals huh?

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Originally posted by EarthShadow:
Oh courage, that's not your lawn.
It's stolen native land.

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Perhaps, and I certainly have no problem oweing the former owners whatever it is they would ask of me.