American propaganda floods us with stories of American soldiers heroically risking their lives to save and rebuild war-torn Iraq, and now American propaganda suggests that since the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq's towns and cities all hell has broken loose .

After the destruction American hands have caused, they now leave Iraqis to gather the broken pieces on their own.
Some Iraqis are happy enough that the Americans who have imposed themselves in their country are leaving.

"All of us are happy - Shias, Sunnis and Kurds on this day ... the Americans harmed and insulted us too much," Waleed al-Bahadili, an Iraqi attending the celebrations, told the AFP news agency.

So what did the American troops do exactly? Are they really to be received as war heroes? Former American soldier, Jon Turner, shares his testimony.

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