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I'm reading this at the moment. It's a book by George Orwell about the squalor of the working classes in 1930's England. Mainly I'm reading it just because I adore Orwell's writing, but in chapter 9 there is a huge chunk on Colonialism that is especially valid concerning the situation in Iraq today.
I'd exhort people to read it, but the basic gist is that it is impossible for an occupying power to be seen as Just rulers in the eyes of the occupied peoples. Any criminal arrested by the occupiers is not seen as a criminal in his eyes, or that of his countrymen. He is seen as someone who resists the occupiers; rightly or wrongly, the crime is romanticised as aa gesture of defiance to an occupying power.
In other words, the occupation of Iraq is doomed to failure. Not only that, but a 70 year book could have told Smiler and the Chimp that it was going to fail too.
I'd exhort people to read it, but the basic gist is that it is impossible for an occupying power to be seen as Just rulers in the eyes of the occupied peoples. Any criminal arrested by the occupiers is not seen as a criminal in his eyes, or that of his countrymen. He is seen as someone who resists the occupiers; rightly or wrongly, the crime is romanticised as aa gesture of defiance to an occupying power.
In other words, the occupation of Iraq is doomed to failure. Not only that, but a 70 year book could have told Smiler and the Chimp that it was going to fail too.
Light wrote:
> I'm reading this at the moment.
[URL]http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html#orwell[/URL]
Orwells work, in text format, freely available for download. Thanks for the headsup on this one, downloading now.
[edit] So all you people how haven't read 1984, really don't have an excuse now eh? ;)
> I'm reading this at the moment.
[URL]http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html#orwell[/URL]
Orwells work, in text format, freely available for download. Thanks for the headsup on this one, downloading now.
[edit] So all you people how haven't read 1984, really don't have an excuse now eh? ;)
I'm reading this at the moment. It's a book by George Orwell about the squalor of the working classes in 1930's England. Mainly I'm reading it just because I adore Orwell's writing, but in chapter 9 there is a huge chunk on Colonialism that is especially valid concerning the situation in Iraq today.
I'd exhort people to read it, but the basic gist is that it is impossible for an occupying power to be seen as Just rulers in the eyes of the occupied peoples. Any criminal arrested by the occupiers is not seen as a criminal in his eyes, or that of his countrymen. He is seen as someone who resists the occupiers; rightly or wrongly, the crime is romanticised as aa gesture of defiance to an occupying power.
In other words, the occupation of Iraq is doomed to failure. Not only that, but a 70 year book could have told Smiler and the Chimp that it was going to fail too.
I'd exhort people to read it, but the basic gist is that it is impossible for an occupying power to be seen as Just rulers in the eyes of the occupied peoples. Any criminal arrested by the occupiers is not seen as a criminal in his eyes, or that of his countrymen. He is seen as someone who resists the occupiers; rightly or wrongly, the crime is romanticised as aa gesture of defiance to an occupying power.
In other words, the occupation of Iraq is doomed to failure. Not only that, but a 70 year book could have told Smiler and the Chimp that it was going to fail too.