Comments on: Misunderstanding Iraq’s Tribal Factions

By: LJD

LJD — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:24:20 +0000

Yeah Jamal,
as opposed to being slaughtered by car bombs and bomb vests- cowardly attacks against women and children, civilians, by Arabs....
as opposed to being strung up, beaten, electrocuted, or thrown off of rooftops by the dictator's henchmen....
I suppose U.S./U.K. food, medicine, and infrastructure is pretty terrible as well, compared to the, OIL for FOOD money pouring in, to Saddam's pockets and palaces....

By: jamal

jamal — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:47:45 +0000

"Iraqis now have the potential for a far better life"

While being bombed and slaughtered by US/UK missiles, landmines and bullets? ... I dont think so!

By: jamal

jamal — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:45:24 +0000

...and the reason its understood all wrong is because its reported all wrong by the mainstream media and politicians to give us a negative view of Iraqi people. Such propaganda feeds the delusion that Iraqi's desire/need US/UK military intevention.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:13:59 +0000

Hitchens is such a dumbass sometimes. "Sunni" in discussions of Iraq 99% of the time means "Sunni Arab." When people complain about "the Sunnis," they're understood not to be mentioning the Kurds. Very Hitchlike to take an obvious point, turn it into a brilliant insight, and then claim punditocratic superiority on that basis.

By: slickdpdx

slickdpdx — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:01:50 +0000

Amir Taheri's editorial in the NY POST today is also good on this topic. Taheri is usually good. AND NOW FOR THE REAL FIGHT If its not available at the POST its also likely to be at the Benador Associates website.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:19:10 +0000

Yes, quite.

Within decades, we at least had universal manhood suffrage for whites--which was probably all even the most egalitarian of the Founders had in mind.

But it took nearly a century to achieve that on paper for blacks (Amendment XV) and much more than that for women (Amendment XIX). Substantive equality for blacks wasn't achieved until at least the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act were settled law.

By: jahfjhasf

jahfjhasf — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:13:34 +0000

it took decades to achieve anything like universal equality

Decades? It took a century and a half!!!!