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Originally Posted by Sethomas
Al-Quaeda doesn't hate the Iraqi people, it hates the Iraqi government. Time and time again I have seen it demonstrated that the fundamental flaw with the American mindset is that it is incapable of holding the people of a nation in a different light than its government. Consider the people who supported the war just because our fearless leader told them to. Consider our resentment for the French people for Chirac's anti-war stance, and consider our comradery with Spain for joining the war effort even though the Spanish people were more opposed to the war than those of France or Germany.
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That's because we seem to have this idea that since we vote each of us is effectively part of the government, and our government represents what we think. That's why we all agree on things like gay marriage and abortion and economic policy.
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