Re: IRAQ: Predictable catastrophes of human stupidity

From: Randall Randall (wolfkin@freedomspace.net)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 22:34:11 MDT

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    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.

    -- 
    Randall Randall <randall@randallsquared.com>
    'Institute regime change everywhere...
     to "None of the above."' -- Alex Future Bokov
    


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