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

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Ralph writes: > 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.<

Yup. But just as in other places in the world, there are lots of people
willing to be bought and/or who will kowtow to whoever (whomever) is in
power.
JD