Personally, I don't blame the soccer players one bit. Their own situation may have improved as a result of the US invasion, but the situation of the Average Joe Iraqi is much worse IMO.
I agree with Lanny 100% on this one. I honestly think most of you in the pro-war camp watch a little too much of the Corrupt News Networt (CNN) or Fox. The picture they paint really ain't how it is at all.
For example, I have a Kurdish friend who lives in Calgary and whose dad is currently in Iraq. Even he, as a Kurd (you know, the people most oppressed under Saddam's reign) believes the war has only made things worse and despises US foreign policy and the Bush administration with a passion.
Also, read this story from the LA Times for a very small sampling of why there is so much hate for the US within Iraq and the Arab world.
The Handover that wasn't
Have you even heard of this story on any of the news networks? Of course not, cuz most the facts simply don't get reported accurately, if at all, on major US news networks.
Simply put, its not a "War On Terror" its a "War OF Terror".