Dear Friends:
As you know, Americans are often said to be lacking in historical grounding, or not being able to see shades of grey. Well, as to DougR refering to the protesters as the bad guys, well, that disproves the above. You see, Americans know, from a good sence of history, much of it from cowboy films, for the older guys, and rambo films for the ioounger fellows, you can tell the bad guys by their hats. Saddam wore a black berrett, while our guys wear light colored head gear. Now, as to the shades of grey, our guys hats are beige, and shaped like nazi head gear, this adds a sort of ... watch out for us, we are unpredicable to the scene so that if we are accused of shooting at protesters we can say, "So?..." or "Don't F*** with us!" and not look silly. Think of the Lone Ranger saying that, after one of his silver bullets killed some kid. Now, if he was wearing a grey hat, and had a believable snear, well... there you are!
Cheers
Larry