tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18989228.post7298896627961944780..comments2023-10-28T13:40:52.711+01:00Comments on Iraq: The Bombing at Al-Mustansiriyah Universitynextcenturyfoundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644848836042696917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18989228.post-69452625896327112872007-01-19T18:16:00.000+00:002007-01-19T18:16:00.000+00:00Ali Muhsen Hamid says:
It is barbarity in its ful...Ali Muhsen Hamid says:<br /><br />It is barbarity in its full sense .Nobody could imagine that senseless criminals could do what we had seen in al Mustanseriah university.It is deplorable and savage.But please think again of condoning the American invasion and occupation by saying that it was a liberation. The Occupation was not at all liberation as you said in your statement. Occupation is nextcenturyfoundationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01644848836042696917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18989228.post-31207432935031346972007-01-19T17:56:00.000+00:002007-01-19T17:56:00.000+00:00Thanks for your comment. It's hard to know what th...Thanks for your comment. It's hard to know what the best thing to do would be. I used to think that expanding the Green Zone city block by city block might be an answer, cleansing each block of weapons as they went. But, I discussed this with some Iraqis working in the Green Zone and they said that they were already having enormous trouble keeping the Green Zone safe and if it were to be made anyWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17920781015928577474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18989228.post-90580938922643398042007-01-19T17:54:00.000+00:002007-01-19T17:54:00.000+00:00Serena says:
Thank you very much William for this...Serena says:<br /><br />Thank you very much William for this insightful and provocative piece of writing.<br /><br />Do you think there would be popular acceptance of a sweeping American military presence in Baghdad to restore peace (?) and security, were the police force to be dismissed? Would that sudden ‘gap’ in the civil infrastructure not provoke even greater disobedience by the criminal nextcenturyfoundationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01644848836042696917noreply@blogger.com