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Totten Has a Nice Day

Giving stuff away in Anbar. 

Topics: Iraq

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 11:01 pm on Monday, October 1, 2007

2 Responses to “Totten Has a Nice Day”

1. TBinSTL Says:
   October 2nd, 2007 at 1:00 am

   Single most important “take away” from that article:

   ““They think we can do a lot more for them than we can,” he said. “Like we’re all-powerful.” I’ve heard that many Iraqis think the Americans are so powerful they can fix Iraq at will any time, which means there must be some sinister reason why they want Iraq to remain broken. Some Lebanese I’ve met think the same way. ”

   As far as I can tell, it has ever been so. It was like that in the ’70s in Egypt when I lived there and it shows no sign of going away. I have no solution but it does seem to me that what they lack is any sense that they can do anything about their own situation. It’s not as much laziness as a total lack of any self-confidence. Maybe if they could chalk up a few in the win column they might begin to believe in themselves a little. The USA wouldn’t have happened without people that had a sense of their own power and a sustainable Iraq won’t either.

2. saltydog Says:
   October 2nd, 2007 at 5:47 pm

   It is a bit difficult to gain self-confidence when the whole premise of your philosophy for living is submission.

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