Why do they hate US?

The US forces in Iraq are launching a massive new show of military power in an effort to subdue growing armed resistance.

"We go in with such overwhelming combat power that they won't even think about shooting us," Lt.-Col. Mark Young said before the start of the operation.

It's the same mentality that landed US troops in trouble in the first place. Perhaps if the military budget since the end of the invasion had been diverted to well-co-ordinated humanitarian relief, the armed resistance would now be subsiding rather than growing.