February 09, 2004
I have not ventured into the Iraqi blogs for a while, mostly because work demands have reduced the amount of time available for reading. I took a quick look at Iraq the Model and I was very impressed with what I read. Several very good posts deserve recognition:
Believe It or Not provides a closer look at the Iraqi justice system under Saddam.
But the post which caught my attention and produced a lump in my throat was Five Gallons of Gasoline:
Where is that Convoy shows the WMD issue from the common Iraqi's point of view.
You made me realize that freedom doesn’t worth waiting for hours to get 5 gallons of gasoline, and 10 hours of power shortage a day (even if it was temporarily). in fact you showed me that freedom means NOTHING to me. Thank you for showing me that I was born to be a slave and that I enjoyed getting down on my knees in front of my master whoever he was (and there was no one better than Saddam to bow to). I loved kissing the ground he walks on, and I adored his way of insulting, raping, torturing and killing Iraqis everyday.
Excellently written, a fantastic approach and the sarcasm is dripping of the computer screen. You really need to take a look at this one.
