The Enemy of my Enemy?
| I've caught myself wondering again and again this week what my feelings would be - and more importantly, what actions I would take - if I were a resident of Baghdad. I started on this train of thought right after the street bombing in that city, when I heard a journalist report that, aside from what he called the '_pro forma_ dancing and singing in praise of Saddam', the people seemed calm, and, bizarrely enough one might think, even friendly toward him as an American. Later reports from others added to the confusing picture - one reporter described 'young men running through the street brandishing a severed hand and screaming 'Is this your liberation?!'' Such a reaction at least made sense - considering the state of frenzy many of our young (and not so young!) men seem to be whipped into these days, it makes sense to me that those actually in the fray would be somewhat hysterical. |
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