From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Fri Apr 11 2003 - 11:37:33 MDT
Randall Randall wrote:
> Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
>>Randall Randall wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>
>
> I'm not sure why you prefaced that with 'Ah, no". :) You don't seem to
> disagree with anything I said. I did not say that the looting was trivial,
> but that the US military sees it as trivial, in comparison to their goal
> of consolidating US control of Iraq with as little civilian resistance as
> possible.
>
You mentioned and I quote " A few palaces and governement
buildings" end quote.
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