Re: Stars and Stripes: "The whole city, from every side, was fighting"

[Ralph Johansen <michele@xxxxxxxx>]

And one crucial difference here is that the colonists were British. It
would be a hard stretch to call the Iraqis who support the invasion and
occupation "loyalists". Although I suppose this administration could
manage it.

Devine, James wrote:

> > "You hope they'll become frustrated with the [insurgents], but they're
> intimidated, too," Byard said. "Why do they always attack the people who
> are trying to help them?"  [Well, let's try it this way.  The British
> said they were only trying to help peaceful Americans when George
> Washington and Thomas Jefferson and those other terrorist scum were
> killing decent people and British soldiers.  Why did those Americans
> always attack the people who said they were just trying to help them?]<
>
> only about 1/3 of the colonists were actively opposed to the Brits, while 1/3 supported the Brits, and about 1/3 were "neutral." Not only does this respond to pro-occupation people who point to the opposition to the US occupation as only a "minority" but it encourages us to remember that a lot of people in Iraq (maybe 1/3? who know?) support the US.
>
> JD