"More generally, the participants said, the president expressed frustration that Iraqis had not come to appreciate the sacrifices the United States had made in Iraq, and was puzzled as to how a recent anti-American rally in support of Hezbollah in Baghdad could draw such a large crowd. “I do think he was frustrated about why 10,000 Shiites would go into the streets and demonstrate against the United States,” said another person who attended." No, there was a crowd of 1,000,000 recently who demonstrated against the US and Israel. And then you read this: "none of the academics openly criticized Bush administration policy, according to those in attendance".