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2008-05-07 Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-05-07 15:06|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 "The disbanding of the police was much more catastrophic than the disbanding of the army because at the level of local neighborhoods we lost control of law and order," he said.

I believe that:

1) He's correct but,
2) in a tyrranical dictatorship like Hussein's the police is an arm of the tyrrany and can't be left alone.
3) The difficulty of reestablishing law and order is inversely proportional to the severity of the thumping of the population in the war. We really ran this war with kid gloves vis a vis the civilian population therefore there was a lot more energy left in the society to feed the bad guys.

Posted by AlanC 2008-05-07 15:48|| 2008-05-07 15:48|| Front Page Top

#2 "In fact, the Iraqi Shi'ite presents a threat to the Iranian state rather than the other way around," he said.

Absolutely correct.

Posted by phil_b 2008-05-07 18:31|| 2008-05-07 18:31|| Front Page Top

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