Note that a key reason for Southern participation in the AmRev was hatred of the British Army's COIN tactics in the Indian Wars - that is, the restriction of colonial settlers from overstepping tribal treaty boundaries, despite the fact that those treaty boundaries helped keep Indian attacks down. Imperial armies just can't help being despised. Reminiscent of this poll, perhaps?

Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the violent differences among them, and see the departure of "occupying forces" as the key to national reconciliation, according to focus groups conducted for the U.S. military last month.

That is good news, according to a military analysis of the results. At the very least, analysts optimistically concluded, the findings indicate that Iraqis hold some "shared beliefs" that may eventually allow them to surmount the divisions that have led to a civil war ...