[thecavemaster]

This is nothing like what the Russians were fighting. This is what irritates me. The media has done a horrible job at painting a picture of this war. We aren't fighting Iraq or any middle east country. We are helping the middle east fight their own war at this point. Handing over different responsibilities as we go. Iraq loves us. Its the people of Iraq that is forcing out insurgents. We are helping them do it. They don't have a steady stream of individuals offering themselves up there. Iraqis want their cities back and they figured out how to get them back. By forcing the terrorist groups out. So that is what they are doing. Just look at the turn around in the Anbar Province. It was the sheiks of the area that got rid of the terrorist groups with our help.

That's why I said "from many parts of the Moslem world." To an awful lot of Moslems in Afghanistan, they were fighting to preserve their autonomy, their culture, their religion. While I would agree that there are major differences in Iraq in comparison, I would also suggest that there are striking similarities. I would also agree that Iraq is not as much of a "hot bead" of Moslem fanaticism among the general population.