{"id":3240,"date":"2007-02-04T16:49:31","date_gmt":"2007-02-04T23:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/04\/why-they-hate-us-some-examples\/"},"modified":"2007-02-04T16:49:31","modified_gmt":"2007-02-04T23:49:31","slug":"why-they-hate-us-some-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/04\/why-they-hate-us-some-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Why They Hate Us: Some Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube gives some examples of why Iraqis may have a less than positive view of US occupiers.  I am not only amazed at what some of these videos show, but also the fact that the soldiers who shot the videos were apparently proud of their behavior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving in Baghdad<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Yco1deXOzN8\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><br \/>\nI first saw this one on MSNBC.  Col. Jack Jacobs explained that this is the way US forces in Iraq are now trained to drive in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>US Soldiers Taunt Kids With Water<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KrfS7MVkTZY\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><br \/>\nUS soldiers conduct &#8220;kid races&#8221; where they use precious clean drinking water in the same way they use the fake rabbit at the greyhound races.<\/p>\n<p><strong>US Soldiers Punish Looters of Firewood<\/strong><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/efv9-vQ2jpA\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><br \/>\nSpeaks for itself.<\/p>\n<p>It would be hard to argue that any of the victims in these videos were deserving of this behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube gives some examples of why Iraqis may have a less than positive view of US occupiers. 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