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Originally Posted by muspell
I don't think he could've gotten them even if he had asked.
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i do think he would have. i remember bush and rumsfeld repeatedly saying, if more troops were asked for, they would send them. however, that is just idle speculation, since bremer never did ask.
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Originally Posted by muspell
The looting continued, and so on. Of course, this was because he did not want to proclaim something like martial law, and would not presume to have the authority to do so either, wishing that a popular interrim council could take the necessary steps instead, possibly at the same time bringing the US army into a legitimate support position with both the Iraqis and the rest of the world, hopefully losing their "occupier" status.
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that is utterly stupid, according to international law the occupier is responsible for provide safety (i.e. shoot looters) in occupied territory, once that occupational status is lost, there is no longer a legal base for using the army to police.
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Originally Posted by muspell
he announced that the group Garner mentioned as a possible interrim council: Barzani of KDP, Chalabi of the INC, Jalal Talibani, Allawi, among a few, would not be "a truly representative group" of the Iraqi people (funny, those names seem awfully familiar). And he noted that his office could happen to be in power for a bit longer than previously suggested.
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do you know how long it took in my country to get an elected government back after it had been defeated in WW2? also our constitution was written by people, who had been handpicked by the allies and not legitimated by the german people.
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Originally Posted by muspell
In other words, by the current policy at that time it would not have been possible or welcome for Bremer to suggest more american troops in Iraq.
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ah, and it is welcome now to come out and say this? you are painting bremer as a victim, who was forced to say things he didnt want to say and hold his tongue about things that concerned him.
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Originally Posted by muspell
The result is in any case that several american bases is being established in Iraq, and there appears to be no such thing as a withdrawal scheduled in the near future.
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you still have american bases in germany too, why not complain about them? my city was
officially under allied occupation until 1991 and it certainly did not feel like we had a puppet government.