[lbo-talk] how not to run an occupation

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Tue Dec 12 15:14:19 PST 2006



>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>On Dec 12, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>>From: Doug Henwood <DHENWOOD at panix.com>
>>>
>>>Just recorded my interview with Patrick Cockburn on his new book on The
>>>Occupation. He says: "There are 1000 people in the US embassy in the
>>>Green Zone in Baghdad, and six of them are fluent Arabic speakers."
>>
>>I hope he gave proper credit to Baker, Hamilton et al. -- i.e., from the
>>Iraq Study Group Report, pg 60
>
>Pedant! He's been going to Iraq since 1978 and knows his stuff.

I don't doubt it. But the disturbing thing isn't the lack of Arabic fluency among the Green Zone embassy staff. Seeing the White House's complete non-reaction to the Iraq Study Group Report, what's dismaying is Bush & Co.'s total inability to understand plain English.

Carl

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