Liberators Quotes



This Proclamation was issued upon arrival of the British occupying imperial army in present day Iraq. The English policy makers like the Bush administration almost a century later were expecting a more welcoming reaction. See {585250}.


The Vice President was one of the architects of and advocates for the Iraq War. To garner public support he (and the others supporting the war) claimed that Iraq had developed weapons of mass destruction and made a serious of predictions about the war. He was wrong on all counts. There were no WMDs, none were even being developed, and we needed hundreds of thousands of troops for a decade as we were not greeted as liberators but the vast majority of our casualties and deaths in Iraq came after the invasion was successful and the population showed very hostile to U. S. occupation and our governing policies.


The cooperation between the Jews and Muslim Arabs invading Southern Spain represented a “Golden Age” for both groups. However, the Spanish Christians not only despised the Jews because they would not convert, but that they worked with and thrived with the Arab Muslims who the Christians viewed as invaders and occupiers of their land.


Leading English politicians were warning of the cost of occupying Iraq. The political and military effort did not go well either. See {585253}. The development costs were even more massive in the ill-fated George W. Bush, invasion and occupation of Iraq in the early 21st century. The English policy makers like the Bush administration were expecting a more welcoming reaction. See {585250}.