From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Mark wrote:
> Eh I agree it's complicated Rich, but why weren't leaflets released by us
> explaining the safety aspect and assuring the residents that the walls are
> by no means permanent barriers and will be removed by the US or the Iraqi
> government as conditions on the ground and in their lives continue to
> improve. Perhaps the wall would never come down, down the road, perhaps the
> people would like the wall and not complain about its permanence after the
> fact.
>
> Instead, the walls start to go up, the terrorists see the effect is bad for
> them, throw out a truckload of leaflets and Maliki gets false pressure  unlike the loaded push polls our media uses to make whatever they want to
> look bad at every turn>
>

Yes & no. I fear the pressure came not from the Sunni & AQ but from
the Shia "interior ministry drag em off to the desert & kill em
with battery powered drills" types...

Walls stop all sorts of killers slipping in & out.

Adam

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