Well, it's not really surprising that people in Pakistan would have such perceptions.

The US State Department, after all, is also a breeding ground for terrorism and has been able to produce a far higher body count worldwide than Al Queda so far. That may change if Al Queda gets hold of a nuclear weapon, though. Let's hope they don't.

As for Iraqis killing more Iraqis at the moment than American soldiers do...oh, yes, indeed. But...if a foreign power invades your country on completely false reasons and occupies it and the ensuing disasters result in many of your own countrymen turning upon each other...does that mean you thank the foreigners for invading your country, smashing it up, and occupying it? No, it doesn't. You do not thank them for it, you pray for the day they will go home and leave you to run your own affairs in the way you choose.

In the fight against colonialism after WWII it was often said that a people will always prefer a bad government of their own over a foreign occupation...and a powerless puppet government (like the present Iraqi one)...IS still a foreign occupation.

So, everybody has their own perception. It's interesting to look carefully at the other guy's perceptions and measure them against the larger picture. All people hunger for freedom, and freedom means: self-rule. Take that right down to the individual level and you will see it is true. We all wish to be under our own governance...as individuals, as communities, as nations. We all wish to be free from being attacked on the basis of someone else's agenda. If someone attacks you, and says he's doing it to free you, he is not stating the truth.