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Re: Never forget...
From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:31:00 +1200
Brian Loe wrote:
According to all reports, there are 20k+ people in the area that don't want the people placing IEDs there either, which is why they joined the Iraqi police forces in recent months.
Given the staggering mortality rate of Iraqi police (not to mention the massive absenteeism, and non-compliance with orders when they actually are on the job), there are MUCH stronger factors driving Iraqi police volunteers. Many (probably most) don't want the job given the likelihood of a messy death or horrible maiming in the near future, but are "forced" into taking it because of the otherwise near total collapse of the rest of their economy, caused in no small part by "your" glorious liberation and rebuilding efforts. To suggest that more than a trifling handful of Iraqi police recruits sign up because they believe it is the "right thing to do for the greater good" or somesuch patriotic BS reason is the same kind of moronic nonsense that led Rummie, Dubya, Buckshot and their esteemed advisors to expect that the US forces would parade into Baghdad as conquering heroes, welcomed by all and sundry for relieving them of the burden of Saddam and his cronies. You really should consume something more than US right-leaning, pro- militaristic-cum-corporatist media coverage of Iraq, whose biases simply reflect and reinforce your own preconceptions and biases. If you did you would have a hint of the mess that "you" have made of that country and the massive problems brewing in and around it that are mostly directly attributable to "your" grossly ill-conceived actions. If you did and you were the thinking man you like to portray yourself as, you would express yourself in quite different terms than you currently do. Regards, Nick FitzGerald _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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