The Full Extent of The Liberation of Iraqis

When American forces capture an insurgent, they do not immediately round up the insurgent's family and rape, torture and murder them.

So for 30 years or so the machismo males of Iraq were, understandably, forced to swallow their testosterone.

Few will argue that Saddam did not impose a horrific dictatorial control over the Iraqi people.

Clearly he subjugated and silenced his people through extreme oppression and punishment.

So now comes the US to liberate Iraq, and we succeed in liberating Iraq from the tender mercies of Saddam & Sons.

What we didn't realize was that we were also liberating the inherent machismo of an Arabic culture.

Why, under the Saddam regime, was their not an insurgency, in some way, similar to what exists in today's Iraq?

The answer is pretty simple. The insurgents of today are fighting a foe that is, irrespective of the Abu Graif anomaly, a pussycat compared to Saddam. When American forces capture an insurgent, they do not immediately round up the insurgent's family and rape, torture and murder them. Saddam did.

So for 30 years or so the machismo males of Iraq were, understandably, forced to swallow their testosterone. Now they face an opponent who does not subscribe to scorched earth tactics of retribution, and so they have gained their courage, been liberated from the emasculating fear of Saddam's regime.

For all of America's supposed horrific treatment of prisoners, the insurgency has not been curbed. Imagine what Saddam and his monsters perpetrated to keep dissent under their thumbs.

In a perverse way, the insurgency is a sign of societal progress in Iraq.

It will take time however, and it will take the good will of a majority of Iraqi citizens.

Meanwhile, the Liberal Media in the US, will do its best to focus attention on the exceptionally bad conduct of the Coalition.