Rumsfeld: Looting is transition to freedom (April 4, 2003)

By Pamela Hess
UPI Pentagon Correspondent
Published 4/11/2003 5:53 PM

WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- U.S. forces should not be blamed for the lawlessness and looting in Baghdad as it is a natural consequence of the transition from a dictatorship to a free country, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Friday at the Pentagon.

"The task we've got ahead of us now is an awkward one ... It's untidy. And freedom's untidy. And free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. They're also free to live their lives and do wonderful things. And that's what's going to happen here," Rumsfeld said.

"And for suddenly the biggest problem in the world to be looting is really notable."

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In Qatar on Friday, U.S. military officials said U.S. forces do not intend to crack down on looting in Iraq because it might alienate the Iraqi people they are trying to win over.

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Had enough YET? :grr:

:nuke:

DemEx

I'm angry beyond what I ever thought I could be.

Spread it far and wide. :grr:

They breathe it. They wallow in it.

If it sounds good, say it. Then do the opposite.

Breathtaking.

find its way on to the Daley show or something like that.

:grr:

Criminey,without the "search" option available GD is disintegrating into multiple singular comments.

So, with that in mind, I'm going past the front page and trying to kick posts that I think, IMHO, need attention.

Cheers.

The show has already taped. Please Dave I hope you didn't get intimidated and you asked a few tough ones.