When I interviewed Iraqis, they would say, "We didn’t like it when the male soldiers came and searched my wife or my mother." Or they would say, "We didn’t like it that they would bring dogs in." Those are culturally offensive things to them.
But they said, "Those are things that we can live with. What we can’t live with is the general disrespect shown to us as Iraqis and to our country." That they’re so dismissive of Iraqi capabilities, of their ability to run the country, their ability to do anything.
The Afghans who have been quoted about the Koran burnings say some of that too, that they don't respect our country. [Along those lines, The Times recently quoted a shopkeeper named Wali Aziz, who said, "They are careless with our holy things, and they are careless with our country.")
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The larger context of the Koran burnings is what actually drives people’s responses. In some sense it’s about power, that the U.S. has the power to do this.
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Actually it comes down to one thing: WE DO NOT BELONG THERE! Our cultures are way too different. Time to turn home and take care of our own business. I am not sure we understand ourselves.
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