[lbo-talk] in Geras' black and white world, is this guy a terrorist?

Stephen E Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Thu Apr 29 06:39:48 PDT 2004


jon asked: Why not resist the occupation forces by non-cooperation? There seems to be quite a bit of that going on as it is, but if, say 90%, of Iraqis just stopped cooperating with the "coalition authority," how long could the latter stay? They would either have to leave or destroy the whole country (which it seems they are bent on doing as it is).

--it would seem that they did try that for quite a while actually, remember the day in and day out, sometimes quite large, demonstrations? it seems that it was concluded that they accomplished little in the way of effective change....except for a few bonafide elections down south where things were more stable, outwardly at least. in the heart of Iraq there's been no such 'progress', just violence and tanks blaring rock and roll music...

steve



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