Posted by: Eric on April 27, 19103 at 21:17:38 In Reply to: How occupations go sour... posted by escott on April 27, 19103 at 20:30:39

Good article, the last paragraph is hard to argue with:

"And then, even under the best circumstances, an occupation's most significant consequences may not be known for years. ''The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan gave us the Taliban,'' AbuKhalil says. ''The American occupation of Saudi Arabia gave us bin Laden and Al Qaeda. The Israeli occupation of Lebanon gave us Hezbollah. Let us see what the American occupation of Iraq is going to give us.''
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