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• W1566806502 abstract "Iraqi civilians were dancing and singing the streets of Baghdad on the morning of 9 April 2003, while the American military consolidated efforts to secure the city. On that day it was obvious that Hussein had been deposed. In spite of the celebrations, however, coalition soldiers continued to meet opposition. By then the world could clearly see that at least some Iraqis were happy to be free and eager to express their joy at the fall of the regime. But many within the coalition were surprised that these feelings had not been expressed throughout the preceding weeks of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (1) US forces moving north across Iraq toward Baghdad had been greeted [by civilians] with violent hostility some cities, flat indifference others, and [only later] some places, with open arms. (2) In the days that followed the initial celebrations Baghdad, media attention was drawn to Iraqis protesting the American presence as well as those who welcomed the coalition soldiers. A CNN special entitled Inside the Regime highlighted Iraqis who worked at, yet lived poverty next to, the billion-dollar palaces of their former leader. (3) Even those with firsthand knowledge of the luxurious life led by Hussein and his family remained skeptical of the benefits of liberation. They wondered if the security of the regime was not better than the lawlessness of their post-Saddam world. They wanted water, electricity, and an end to rampant criminal activity--and most of all, it seemed, they wanted Americans to leave their country. (4) Why were Iraqi citizens--many, if not most, of whom were cognizant of the regime's atrocities--so reticent to welcome freedom as the coalition forces succeeded liberating cities and villages? Fear, according to leading Iraqi exiles, was the most probable reason, (5) fear of having to face the anger of the regime should the Americans not succeed. Fear of immediate reprisal also played a part. Iraqi POWs told stories of being forced to fight advancing American troops while regime elements and Saddam Fedayeen held guns to their heads and threatened the safety of their families. (6) Reports from wounded Iraqi POWs, inspections of Iraqis who had been killed in battle, and live CNN coverage of refugees being fired at by Iraqi soldiers as they attempted to flee the cities lend credibility to these assertions. Fear, successful Iraqi propaganda, and a general disbelief coalition capability to topple the regime and oust may have kept many from daring to hope for freedom. These are all valid assertions, but they do not completely explain the willingness of some Iraqi military elements to continue to fight, even when they must have known there was no hope for the survival of the regime. Nor do they explain the enthusiasm displayed by Arab volunteers from other countries declaring their intent to enter Iraq and fight for a regime that was known throughout the Arab world as abusive and cruel. (7) Were they simply responding to the Arab community's dislike of American intervention and Osama bin Laden's call for recruits to the jihad? (8) And how could the more moderate states of the Arab community claim to find Saddam's government distasteful and murderous, yet publicize the war as an imperial American invasion and treat and his henchmen as if they were champions and potential martyrs? (9) Why, when people are faced with a choice between pernicious, seemingly all-powerful dictatorships and liberty, would they fight to retain systems of oppression? Why would there be any question over the desirability of freedom? Santayana's famous warning (those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it) may have been considered by war planners seeking to predict Iraqi reactions to a liberating force, but the lessons to be learned this case should not be limited to those gleaned only from conflict between Western elements and the country of Iraq, or even from East-West cultural differences. …" @default.
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• W1566806502 title "Iraqi Resistance to Freedom: A Frommian Perspective" @default.
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