Troublesome Words

I read no less than 50 news sources a day. I don't read every word but I search cyberspace for the stories and issues that make us think. Today I found a piece that really disturbs me because it a view of America that is disheartning. Aljazeera has long been the popular media outlet for terrorist propaganda and I in no way wish to promote them. However, this pieace provides us with a look at what the other side is thinking.

From Aljazeera:

US and British occupation of Iraq is regarded as the re-emergence of the
old colonialist practices of the western empires in some quarters. The real
ambitions underlying the brutal onslaught are still highly questionable - and
then there are the blatant lies over weapons of mass destruction originally used
to justify the war. There were no great victory marches by the occupiers,
nor were they thrown garlands of flowers and greeted in triumph. More US
soldiers have died in Iraq since George Bush declared an end to the war on 1 May
2003 prompting the question: Will Iraq turn into a new Vietnam eventually
bringing the US to its senses ... or perhaps to its knees?
Iraq's history, and along with it that of the Arab Muslim world, speaks of several
similar encounters. In the past, enemies attacked from East and West before they
were swallowed by the moving sands of the region, or forced to retreat, leaving
behind a phoenix-like people who adore life and still accept to die for
their freedom. The escalating Iraqi resistance seems to be setting the stage
for another act which might usher in a new Arab World or set the clock ticking
for the end of yet another empire.