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To: frankw1900 who wrote (113563)	9/1/2003 11:35:17 AM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

The nihilism of the indigenous people is monumental. I don't see it as nihilism either. From here, it looks more like passive resistance, deliberately doing nothing to help the occupiers. As Jacob pointed out earlier, the Iraqis had little trouble rebuilding their infrastructure following Gulf War I.

To: frankw1900 who wrote (113563)	9/1/2003 12:47:25 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

The essays I have read by Salman Pax, Riverbend, G, and others on the ground in Iraq, make me think that the people have lived under authoritarianism for so long that they no longer have a natural tendency towards creating order. All they can do is sit around and complain because nobody is doing anything. Complicated by the fact that if you do anything to improve the situation you run the risk of being accused of collaboration with the Americans and killed.