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Witness: The New Iraq Is Grim, Hopeful and Still Scary
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| Contributor | Tony82 |
| Last Edited | Tony82 Nov 17, 2003 03:27pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Monday, November 17, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | But the random experiences of a week back in the country and among ordinary people I have talked to, by far the most common view has been that for all the American failures, as they see them, a guarantee of greater misery would still be the premature withdrawal of American troops.
These Iraqis, for the most part, do not make that the first point of any conversation, more often it is the last, but it is their bottom line.
Most conversations are still about what is wrong with the occupation. High on the list, predictably, is the humiliation at finding themselves once again subject to foreign rule. Stories abound of perceived insults by American soldiers, often in places like checkpoints where the Americans are at high risk. Being ordered around by a foreigner with a gun, particularly a young man who knows nothing of your language and little of your culture, is always a trigger for discontent. |
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