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Iraq

I have so far been very silent on the Iraq invasion. Everything I will say perhaps has been said a thousand times. Why do I say them at all, then? Because they have not been said enough number of times, it seems.

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Given a chance to choose, from the impression I have got, I would live post-invasion Iraq rather than non-liberated version of Iraq. Anarchy(I mean democracy) is liberation ain’t it?

The Americans are not wrong when they claim Iraqis are now more free than before. Of course they are. For example who could imagine being free to walk to the Baghdad museum and walk away with whatever you like. They were free to do that immediately after the invasion succeeded. Other than that, if somebody killed somebody else, there were chances you can get prosecuted. Now, if you are not Saddam Hussein, you hardly have anything to fear.

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