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August 26, 2003
On Iraqi Opinon, anectdotal developments
Provoked by a comment today, I thought I might report on a conversation between myself and my attorney yesterday.
My attorney does extensive business with Iraq and multinationals seeking Iraqi business. Good contacts, excellent even. Very pro American guy, was in favor of the invasion before the war, had the opinion that anything would be better than Sadaam. Had, past tense.
After sharing our opinions on the recent conversations with the CPA-I, he spoke to what he's hearing from his Iraqi business clients. Largely people who were at least not pro-Sadaam, and even anti-Sadaam, he tells me he is hearing a deepening frustration, even disgust with the Americans and a real emergence of Sadaam nostalgia.
These are deeply dangerous things. Deeply dangerous. I hear similar things from my rather more limited Iraqi contacts. Indeed the growing sense of disallusionment with the Administration and its Reconstruction on the Cheap efforts are a real blow to an already damaged US prestige.
Posted by The Lounsbury at August 26, 2003 03:00 PM
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