Hi unclewest; Re: "I do not understand why a few hundred local demonstrators are worthy of non-stop international news coverage. Demonstrations occur in America every day. Yet very few receive more than a cursory glance by local press."
You're hiding from the facts. From the same article: "On Saturday, frustration over the same issue triggered rioting in Baghdad and two other cities. Coalition military spokesman Lt. Col. George Krivo said Sunday that three rioters were killed and scores hurt in those disturbances."
Compare to the BBC reporting of a US riot, with a similar toll, THAT HAPPENED 33 YEARS AGO, but is still remembered overseas:
1970: Remember when
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Anti-war protests in the US were widespread. In May four protesting students were shot dead by the National Guard at Kent State University in Ohio.
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news.bbc.co.uk
The Kent State shootings polarized this country. Why can't you generalize and assume that shooting, for example, two dozen Iraqi police officers, would polarize Iraq? Especially when Iraq is only 1/10th the size of the US? The proportional figure for the US would be something like 250 policemen shot, 100 dead. The Iraqis are still seething about it. Yet it was barely mentioned in the US.
Don't you figure that if, say, even 50 US police officers were shot dead by, for example, soldiers from the Libyan embassy, it would make the US a little sour on Libya? LOL!!!
Here's a reminder from Britain on how nations react when even a single one of their police officers are shot dead by foreign countries:
Libya pays out over murdered officer
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Mr Cook said relations had thawed after the Libyan Government handed over "unspecified compensation" to the family of WPC Fletcher, who was killed by gunfire from the Libyan embassy in London in 1984.
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news.bbc.co.uk
Try to see things from the other side's point of view. When you do, you will realize why it is that our position in Iraq is quite hopeless. There is not a single realistic thing we could do that would make the locals stop shooting at us.
All the so-called "improvements" that are going on in Iraq make zero progress in stopping the locals from shooting at us. The best we can do is to arrange for the rebels to have access to electricity, good food, and better education. All these things are possible. But as in the case of Palestine, they will not stop the Arabs from shooting at us. Instead, better fed, better educated, and more adequately provisioned rebels will be more effective at killing our soldiers.
-- Carl |
