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Iraqis are Thankful for American Military Presence

Numan Al Faddagh, The Wall Street Journal | July 4, 2008

Despite the West’s fear and loathing of America’s perceived overdrawn and poorly executed military initiatives in Iraq, the nation’s expats across the Middle East are singing a different, more optimistic tune. ++ Artists and businessmen alike are looking forward to the day they can return to their homes in hopes of a peaceful era. ++ However, according to many of them, this is contingent on the Americans remaining in Iraq as a stabilizing factor until it is ascertained by who and how the country should be governed.