Looks like the Iraqis understand the Americans' problems a lot better than some Americans and most of the rest of the world. What else can you say? These are the people under the knife of the sword - they are not arm-chair generals like you and me. They accept and forgive the mistakes, because they know better than anyone else, whose fault everything really is. If only our know-it-allness were not so all-consuming, we would give a thought to those people being threatened the most, instead of assuming we know all the answers.
CBS News | On The Scene: Iraqi Forgiveness | March 28, 2003 19:45:46
It is exactly the type of mistake the U.S. military most wants to avoid, but knows it cannot. A civilian vehicle carrying a family of farmers was attacked by Marines on a road north of an-Nasiriyah.(link via The Command Post) Posted by shanti at March 28, 2003 7:06 PMThree people, the family patriarch and two brothers, were killed, but amazingly in their shock and grief the surviving family members turned to the marines for help.
"He says he knows it was the American military that did this, but he is not angry because Saddam is intentionally sending civilians down this road intentionally for this to happen," said Cpl. Jeff Lindsey, translating.
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