[lbo-talk] Re: Hedges on Iraq

[Shane Taylor]

Hedges:
> My suspicion is that the Iraqis view it as an invasion
> and occupation, not a liberation. This resistance we
> are seeing may in fact just be the beginning of
> organized resistance, not the death throes of
> Saddam's fedayeen. I've witnessed how insurgencies
> build in other conflicts -- good guerilla leaders [could
> appear] who are unknown to us now. They know the
> landscape. It reminds me of what happened to the
> Israelis after taking over Gaza, moving among hostile
> populations. It's 1967, and we've just become Israel. I
> fear what happened there will happen here.

"It's 1967, and we've just become Israel."

And by some posts just the other day, the bulldozers aren't far behind...

-- Shane

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