First off I am not invoking the Hitler rule here. A few years ago there was a very interesting book called "Hitler's Willing Executioners." The author, a historian, examined why relatively ordinary people in Germany not only allowed but willingly participated in the concentration camp system. What I found striking was that many of them could have been our neighbours and friends. I think a similar set of circumstances was at work with most of the people who supported the Ba'athist regime.
You want a job, or to get a better job within the Oil Ministry, or the Ministry of Education etc, then you became a member of the Party, and a willing and vocal supporter of Saddam. In a lot of cases many Iraqis had little or no choice. If its a choice between starving and letting our kids starve, and kissing Saddam's ass, I think most of us would be have done the same - pucker up and go to it. One of the most difficult jobs whomever takes over the governement in Iraq after the elections is going to have that problem sorting through those who did whatever to survive and those who were willing and enthusiastic participants. larry On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:23:40 -0500, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First thing to remember about Fallujah. It was/is a center of the Bathist > party, wasn't it? > I don't have a better solution than to excluded them, since many are the scum > of the earth as proven by their participation in Hussein's regime, but we > should expect a little resistance from those completely locked out of the > plans for the future. > > Jerry > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136389 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
