The dichotomy between what Iraqis perceive as freedom and what Americans understand freedom to be has its roots in two different histories, two different religions, two different economies and two different life experiences . The Iraqis have an ancient culture that dates back before Christ, being invaded and controlled by the Mongol hordes, the Persians, the Macedonians, for hundreds of years by the Ottoman empire and Turkey while the Ottomans were on the decline. At the end of World War One England had influence over the region, and at the end of World War Two the region was divided into ...
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