Are the people threatened the same people trying to kill U.S. soldiers now over in Iraq?
Jon: Well, they’re free to do whatever they want now. They’re not under Saddam’s control, and they’re not worried about being executed by Saddam’s regime. A lot of it has to do with their religious beliefs. Each religious clan for some reason has issues with the other. Family leaders are listening to a religious leader. They believe that what comes from their religious leader—their cleric—comes directly from Allah. If their religious leader tells them something, “This is what Allah wants,” then they go out there and do it. Each clan is trying to buy power in the new government. People are being executed for supporting the Americans. People are being executed for not supporting the Americans. They’re being executed because their Sunni or their Shia or just plain because they look funny. VP: What do you think we need to do to help with these issues? Jon: Honestly, I don’t know. Like I said, the politics aren’t my thing. My purpose in life, ya know, I got two people in my truck that I’m r
