Jos;

There could be several reasons at play here. Tito held Yugoslavia and its various factions together. When he was gone the country was ripe for extermination of those who were not socially acceptable.

With Saddam Hussein no longer the leader of Iraq, chaos rains supreme. In this case the religious factions hate each other and everyone else it would seem. Some do not want foreign influence in any form democratic or otherwise.

The words, "Mission accomplished" and "Bring 'em on" have a different meaning to different people.

Tom


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>>Now, to be fair, the majority of the deaths are not at the hands of the Americans (I'm referring to innocents) but mostly by factions, insurgents and other Arabs from other countries. You can argue that it would not be happening if the U.S. was not there, but then the insurgents and factions should only be targeting the U.S. if that is their sole issue and not the Iraqi people.
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>This is, of course, an excellent point. Why are the two Islamic factions killing each other by the truck-load and why would that be the fault of the foriegn forces.