Re: My Year in Iraq, by Paul Bremmer (audio)
Your thoughts on the "media switch" from the victorious U.S. troops one day after the victory, then a 180 to the total rampant looting that was pictured then? I can see some people in the government (ours) getting a little excited over this, but I can't beleave there was no real plan in case this happened, did'nt someone even think of this, I suspect not!!
Then Paul Bremmer and his dress code, the suit and tie, I thought he was dead on there, in showing respect to the population, his seriousness of the job at hand and the "look" of someone actually being in charge over there, compared to how others dressed before he showed up. Then trying not to portray any arrogence towards anyone, with his thought that this was learned, or should have been learned from the WW II occupation of Germany and Japan.
Cheers, thoughts?
Tom
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