Re: IRAQ: Predictable catastrophes of human stupidity

From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Fri Apr 11 2003 - 00:56:56 MDT

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    Randall Randall wrote:
    > Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
    >
    >>Why is it that US troops aren't stopping the looting? It seems like a
    >>very poor sign of things to come, but perhaps there is a good
    >>explanation I am not familiar with.
    >
    >
    > They're not stopping the looting because they don't want the tentative
    > victory they have to turn into a mess with every other civilian against
    > them. A few palaces and government buildings being looted is, I'm
    > sure, seen as a trivial price for keeping the populace rejoicing, rather
    > than shooting.
    >

    Ah, no. UN facilities were looted. Aid facilities and supplies
    in southern areas were looted. In some areas power is out
    because power facilities have been stripped bare. In short, and
    probably because in part of uncertainty as to what comes next,
    any thing not tied down and guarded is subject to looting. This
    is not trivial. It could seriously weaken what is left of the
    infrastructure to build upon.

    - samantha



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