>that americans, the united states, bush, the war, U.S.
>occupation has caused normally peaceful, loving, caring, heart
>warming, beautiful, sensitive, non-violent people to strap
>bombs to themselves not only killing them but other people
>around them....we've just driven these people into insanity
>overnight. riiiiiight.

You infer too much from my words. I've not indicated anything to the affirmative of what you suggest. It's not that the US has driven anyone to insanity and certainly not overnight. The fact is that Iraqi citizens weren't commiting suicide bombings against their fellow Iraqi's before the occupation. This isn't about your assumptions of my point, it's about the actual point: Our actions have lead to a de-stabelized nation state that is now filled with violence. Such was not the case before the cowboys showed up.

"I learned thirty years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough
trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that
God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence." -- J. Wanamaker