voices from the middle east

i know that one blogger isn't the entire population. i know that i am not the voice of americans from coast to coast. i know that the author of the following doesn't answer for all iraqi's, yet it still does my heart good to read things like this. and now,:

"Glory and honor to the U.S. and Allied men and women whose blood is irrigating the tree of freedom in this land; and their sacrifices, suffering, and toil is laying the foundation for a future renaissance of the Mesopotamian People. Hail soldiers of freedom and enlightenment. Do not be dismayed by the trouble and turbulence of the present, for the future generations will remember and appreciate."

why are we in iraq? perhaps this may at least answer some of that question.