"The reality on the ground, as reported by someone who is actually there, is that we have lost any good will we might have once had"

If Al-Qaeda had bombed the White House instead of the Pentagon, arrested or killed King George in the name of "regime change", and then occupied America with soldiers while it sold off stolen American assets to pay for Al Qaeda's expenses in maintaining that occupation, then we'd have an identical situation indeed. Except Republicans wouldnt call themselves "George loyalists", but "freedom fighters". Oh yeah and unlike the Iraqis, the American freedom fighters couldn't mount a decent rebellion thanks to decades of "gun control". See what happens when the general public owns explosives, rocket launchers, and machine guns? Nothing happens. Nothing until someone makes the mistake of invading a country with a well-armed populace. The Founding Fathers must be proud.. of Iraq!