Larry Gude
Strung Out
We're going in circles...
Point is the same one as before. You are intimating that the level of violence and chaos in Iraq today is analogous to post WWII Europe. I'm not agreeing.
Who cares about releasing prisoners? You think this didn't happen in Europe as well?
The point is still the same; maintaining a monopoly on the use of force until you can that power over to something capable of taking it. Europe, Germany, Italy, were subdued flower gardens, uniformly interested in moving on with life compared to Iraq today.
PsyOps said:This is absolutely true. Point is what? Do you think this was not going in all across liberated Europe (especially Germany) post-WWII? Another element you may have forgotten that contributes to the chaos in Iraq is just before Saddam realized he was going to lose the war he released thousands of prisoners. These prisoners were told that it was Saddam that is freeing them. Most of these prisoners were hardened criminals and are probably behind much of the violence in Iraq today.
Point is the same one as before. You are intimating that the level of violence and chaos in Iraq today is analogous to post WWII Europe. I'm not agreeing.
Who cares about releasing prisoners? You think this didn't happen in Europe as well?
The point is still the same; maintaining a monopoly on the use of force until you can that power over to something capable of taking it. Europe, Germany, Italy, were subdued flower gardens, uniformly interested in moving on with life compared to Iraq today.