Yeah it might be a tribal thing, but it ain’t specific to Iraq!

Zorro on January 23, 2007 at 6:02 PM

You’re spot on… It’s strictly a tribal thing, unless you have a bigger gun, and money also helps.

Great Vent. Seeing the little day to day efforts of our troops is great.

But where is the difference in “crooked” timber, and “rotten”?

I should’ve added the concept of “equality” and “fairness” to the kid’s curriculum. “We’re all equals in the eyes of our government and in the eyes of Allah.”

Wow, this’ll really piss off the clerics. Heh…

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seejanemom on January 23, 2007 at 10:31 AM

How VERY French! *snicker*

It is almost frustrating but remember folks, they really DONT know any better. They dont understand simple concepts like equality. They WILL get it..but it is going to take TIME. That is the scariest thing..not that we cant get these things through to the Iraqis, but that the American people will lose patience. Birth is never easy..ask any Mother, but raising the baby is infinitely more difficult. And that is where we are..raising the baby named “Democratic Iraq”.

So, let’s not forget that in order for democracy and love of country to sustain itself in Iraq we’ve got to make sure the young people are educated and immersed in it. Do the kids say an Iraqi “pledge” of allegiance or sing patriotic songs? Do they understand their country’s history, warts and all? Are they studying their new Constitution? Are they being taught about notable Iraqis who have made contributions to science or who have otherwise worked to make mankind better? They should be doing all of these things.

Michelle, great sign off. “God Bless the troops”, indeed!

A society or culture can only be free to the extent that the individuals govern themselves according to the golden rule.

I am glad we are trying to help the Iraqi people – and fighting the terrorists over there.

This excellent vent shows an example of why the people of that culture can never have the freedom we had.

And we have increasingly more of the same problems and less freedom.

This simple story of giving blankets away in a humanitarian gesture is a microcosim of Iraq.

I believe that graft is widespread in Iraq not only as a function of human behavior but of their culture. It has been this way for a long time, why should it change now?

We need MUCH more reporting like this so the American people can understand whats going on over there.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the problem is that they are culturaly not READY for Democracy.

A Democracy can only work if there is an over riding identity shift to the larger entity… ie… I’m an Iraqi, not a Sunni, insert tribe, insert city, Moslem…. They have to vote freely, for the good of the country, not just how their Tribal/religious leader tells them to vote….

It also only works once the people understand the Rule of law. Following the law must be the norm, not the exception, and there must be some fear of legal consequence or the breakdown of society happens…. just as we just saw in the video…

Sad part is the America herself is starting to fail in these two respects… we are not enforcing our own laws (borders, Secret leaks…), and we are becoming fragmented into “tribal” sects (moonbats, neocons, Mexican american…) and are listening to our “tribal” leaders…

Iraq is not ready for Democracy, and we are sliding down the slippery slope of not being able to rationaly sustain ours….

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Happens all the time in America as well :(. We call them ‘entitlements’ though.