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That is how Borzou Daragahi, formerly the Los Angeles Times Baghdad Bureau Chief, described the Iraqi citizens and he also said that he doubts the troop " surge " in Iraq will work.
NEW YORK Former Los Angeles Times Baghdad Bureau Chief Borzou Daragahi says he doubts the "surge" in Iraq will work, and describes Iraq citizens as "hostile" and "humiliated" after four years of war.
Asked by Brian Lamb, in a forthcoming C-SPAN interview, about his personal views on the war, he replied: "I think at this point, it just – it seems like it’s become a disaster. I mean, I don’t think anyone could dispute that. It’s just going very, very, very, very badly." He said he had mixed feelings about the invasion but "As time wore on, though, as the bodies mounted, it just seems more and more like a really bad mistake."
The interview will be broadcast Sunday night.Highlight of the interview, from a C-SPAN transcript:
On why Iraqis feel humiliated:
"Iraqis are rather hostile and feel humiliated. And that's the key thing that maybe some of our policymakers don't understand. The presence of the U.S. soldiers is very humiliating to the Iraqis. Even those who, in their minds know that it's necessary to have the soldiers there, at least some kind of force there preventing an all-out civil war from getting even worse...I don't think they appreciate American culture." READ MORE
This should be an interesting program.
Tags: Iraq PBS Borzou Daragahi U.S. military
2 Comments:
Would you say that 100% of the U.S. work in Iraq is negative? If not, how much would you estimate is negative?
How would you arrive at those numbers?
I would not, nor did I say that 100% of the U.S. work in Iraq is negative.
There is no concrete way of coming up with the negative numbers. However, from what I hear from troops in Iraq themselves, and from friends that are in Iraq and who have been there, there is not much positive news to report about.
Of course, I guess it would depend on what you consider positive and what you would consider negative.
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