I was listening to Morning Edition today and heard a really interesting story about a man in Iraq meeting a friend from Texas via the Internet. The Texan loves the Bush administration and thinks the war in Iraq was justified and a good thing. The Iraqi man agrees that extremists in Iraq are responsible for the violence and other problems in the country, but feels the US isn’t helping by being in Iraq. This is a crazy example of a cross-cultural dialog. What I find difficult to understand is the Texan’s unwillingness to accept the Iraqi’s criticism of the US occupation, even though the Iraqi seems to have a better perspective. It makes me want to be more careful at watching out for my own ridiculous belief at times.