For historical reference, look at the Germans during and after the war. The population won't thank you for the firebombings, but they will thank you much more for their freedom and food.
Please accept my apology for being arrogant in supporting WW2, Kosovo, and Iraq. Conflicts that did not involve a member of my family being murdered, raped and god knows what else. Absolutely ridiculous.
Nice to know you supported WW2 (boy you must be old) considering we were attacked at Pearl Harbor and had war declared on us by Germany. It takes a real patriot to support the defense of American soil. I do accept your apology for being so arrogant as to believe it's America's right to substitute it's judgement in place of the citizens of the sovereign nation of Iraq. I'd hope that in the future you won't similarly support the rights of foreign invaders to become involved in the internal affairs of the United States as long as they believe they have the support of the international community constituting of an ad hoc coalition of lightweight powers.