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The Secret Letter From Iraq

Saturday, October 7. 2006

Über das Blog von Tamarah Rockwood habe ich diesen Artikel in der Time gefunden. In diesem Brief steckt wahrscheinlich mehr Wahrheit als in vielen anderen Veröffentlichungen dieser Tage zusammen.

Biggest Hassle — High-ranking visitors. More disruptive to work than a rocket attack. VIPs demand briefs and "battlefield" tours (we take them to quiet sections of Fallujah, which is plenty scary for them). Our briefs and commentary seem to have no effect on their preconceived notions of what's going on in Iraq. Their trips allow them to say that they've been to Fallujah, which gives them an unfortunate degree of credibility in perpetuating their fantasies about the insurgency here.

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Biggest Outrage — Practically anything said by talking heads on TV about the war in Iraq, not that I get to watch much TV. Their thoughts are consistently both grossly simplistic and politically slanted. Biggest Offender: Bill O'Reilly.

Posted by Joerg Moellenkamp in English, policy of ... at 20:06 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Warum mu eine "battelfield tour" unbedingt in die ruhigeren Teile von Fallujah führen? Wer Nervenkitzel bestellt, soll ihn doch auch haben dürfen?
Unbhängig davon, was die Bush Administration im Irak losgetreten hat, bedaure ich die armen Kiddies, welche mit windigen Versprechungen vom College abgeworben werden und als seelische Krüppel zurückkommen...

#1 el_loco on 2006-10-08 10:09 (Reply)

Nun, ich denke, wenn sie etwas heftigeren Teile nehmen und dabei ein VIP getoetet oder verletzt wird, werden die Soldaten vor Ort dafuer zur Verantwortung gezogen. Die Frage ob der Besuch an sich Sinn gemacht hat, stellt sich dann nicht mehr ...

#1.1 Joerg (Homepage) on 2006-10-08 11:03 (Reply)

Nun gut, wahrscheinlich haben sie selbst überhaupt kein Interesse ohne Not die heftigeren Gebiete zu befahren. Noch blöder als einen Touri ins Mienenfeld zu schicken wäre es, selbst mitzugehen.

#1.1.1 el_loco on 2006-10-08 11:28 (Reply)

Obwohl ein toter VIP wahrscheinlich endlich mal die Geisteshaltung der politischen Kaste in den USA zum Irak-Krieg korrigieren koennte ...

#1.1.1.1 Joerg (Homepage) on 2006-10-08 12:44 (Reply)

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