Nobody can really believe the US wants to CONQUER Iraq There are many people who believe precisely that, precisely in the sense you mentioned. In the US too, n

Nobody can really believe the US wants to CONQUER Iraq There are many people who believe precisely that, precisely in the sense you mentioned. In the US too, not just in the Middle East. I do not think there are many ways to rationally convince them otherwise. It seems that such opinions are often formed not on a rational basis, but on different grounds. As a result, an atrocity committed by US forces would be taken into account (as it should), but any positive aspect of the US involvement would be discounted.