Architect said:
Does anybody have any family over in the war in Iraq right now? If so how do they feel about being over there? What is the mood? I'm interested because I don't know anyone directly who's over there.
I have a grand cousin in the danish military who serves there, in Basra. As far as i know, he's okay with it and the mood is not that bad. But he has also served many times in Yugoslavia (where my half brother is now), so he's used to it all.
Also, the danish camp works together with the british camp, and as you may have noticed, they have not had as many wounded/killed. I think denmark has had one killed so far in Iraq, and 2 in afghanistan, but the 2 in afghanistan were due to a bomb explosion set off by the germans they worked with.
I think it depends on the region and which military. First, USA is more hated down there, so that's who they go after, and secondly, I think the casual way of the danes down there, also makes the Iraqis accept them better.
At the moment, the Shia muslims, especially in Falluja, have promised to end all american existence (and other occupying forces) if they do not leave Iraq and free a short list of prisoners that the forces have taken.
Anyway, most of the occupying forces are supposed to leave within a few months, though start to doubt that the US will leave as promised as there are now talks of sending more troops down there.
Speaking a little on what Truth mentions, the world hase certainly not gained much from the war in Iraq, apart from maybe oil and economic issues. Instead, as Truth speaks about, terrorism has only increased, and the western world has become even more dangerous. Every country in Europe is now taking measure to increase security, trying to keep large gatherings at a minimum, giving out brochures at subway stations etc etc.
Until we stop interfering with the middle east, we'll never see an end. This also means the security the US provides Israel with e.g. bullions of dollars and weapons. Especially the weapons, as palestinians also blame USA when Israeli's e.g. bombs a house and the missile reads "USA".'
On the other hand, if we do not interfere, most of the arabic countries will work on destroying Israel, which we then are obliged to help out because of NATO and the UN. However, we don't seem to care about the wars in Africa, so why is Israel more important?Also, if they are allowed to (I don't know if there are rules regarding this), they may increase the prices on oil to the west drasticly.
Question is, what weighs the most?