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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Highway Hoss: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [qb] Never mind disagreements between Bremer and the US, there have been persistant disputes between British forces and the US. For example, a couple of weeks ago we were being criticised by the US for employing former Ba'athists. Guess what the US announced this week? Yes, former members of Saddam's regime are now allowed to be employed in the new government and police/armed forces.[/qb][/QUOTE]Frankly, the US really screwed up by disbanding the army and police forces and removing the Ba'athists in the first place; as one writer noted, any imperialist knows that you always buy off the army and police first. :D [QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [qb]Now, I personally had no real problem with the war itself. The political build up could have been handled far better on both sides of the Atlantic. Neither Bush nor Blair impressed in the slightest. Post war has been less impressive. I can discern very little planning from any of the coalition members; the US used the privatisation of Polish industry as the basis for what planning it did do. Hardly the most relevant precedant. Finally US forces are simply not suited by training or temperment to what is effectively a colonial war. The heavy handed tactics used have been repeatedly criticised by UK armed forces, with little result. Although at least one US think tank (I forget which) has recommended US commanders start reading our old Imperial Policing textbooks.[/qb][/QUOTE]One of those textbooks is [i]The Small Wars Manual[/i], written by several Marine Corps officers in the 30's based on their experiences in the Banana Wars that were waged in Central and South America. What those books don't mention is how often our interventions create turmoil and foster ruthless dictatorships in their wake. The thing was, Saddam should not have been that hard an act to follow; if we had simply opened up imports, patched up the infrastructure and stabilized things, then pulled out, we would be hailed as liberators. Instead, Bush and Co. go in heavy handed, installing a puppet government and awarding non-competitive contracts to favored companies while failing to restore basic services. As far as the Iraqis are concerned, we are an occupying power, period. As for the War, baiscally the neocon-artists deluded themselves into accepting what Chamaldi and his Iraqi National Congress told them; that they would be welcomed as liberators, no plan was necessary. The neocons thought they could install Chamaldi and his cronies as their puppet governnment, forgetting that the INC has NO street cred in Iraq and that their leader was convicted of embezzelment in Jordan. (OK, time to get back on topic track.) Here's another article on modern day corporate mercenaries (or as they are called nowadays, Private Military Forces [PMF]): [URL=http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0427-03.htm]Soldiers for Hire[/URL] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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