Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Posted here Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 9:12:15 AM    

In today's issue New republic on line

http://www.tnr.com/blog/iraqd

a very good article on the near impossibility of disarming the militias. As I've argued before, Saddam was a response to the conditions in Iraq, of intense inter group warfare. The current conditions are of course the same, and the rise of a new strong man fascist is likely. Recall that the older generation of leaders in much of the middle east were influenced by  Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin, in organized political groups.


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