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April 04, 2006
Well, Rice, Where's the Good News?
Why didn't Condoleeza Rice bring us back some good news, unlike those pesky journalists who don't support U.S. war on Terror?
What? She can't leave the Green Zone?
Well, at least she could report from there:
There, behind high concrete blast walls and razor wire, you find quiet streets and the heart of the American occupation: a double-sized Olympic pool with a palm-fretted patio restaurant, food courts and a giant coffee lounge where lessons in belly dancing and martial arts are offered. ... And all are intended for the Westerners who dwell in increasing comfort here.Inside the Green Zone a few Iraqi politicians live in splendor and permanent American structures are going up—including a new U.S. embassy that did not await the OK of the new government-to-come—and it’s hard to find an ordinary Iraqi anywhere. In fact, several people remarked that speaking Spanish is more useful than Arabic when making one’s way through the palatial embassy grounds.
Oh, boy.
Posted by zeynep at April 4, 2006 10:30 PM
Comments
Shangri-La in the heart of darkness.
Posted by: Pyrrho at April 5, 2006 02:39 PM
hmmmm.... sure sounds like typical colonialism to me.
Posted by: Terrible at April 15, 2006 09:55 PM