Word: bremer
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...Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, is an extraordinary man, and he is doing everything he can to help Iraq, which is badly in need of a new order. In guerrilla warfare, the most important strategy is to win the people's hearts. We need to advertise why we are in Iraq, get the Iraqi people on our side, let them help us eliminate the bad influences. Air daily TV and radio announcements on Iraq's current situation and what the U.S. is doing to change it. Make clear to the Iraqis the U.S.'s goals and objectives...
...quoted Bremer as asking, "What's the alternative [to the U.S.'s rebuilding efforts]? Do you really think Iraq would be better off if we left?" My answer to that is yes. When the war started, I thought it was justified. I felt I should support my President in his decision, even though I have family members and friends in the military. Now the war is "over," yet U.S. soldiers are still being killed. How many more U.S. service members have to be killed before the troops can be pulled out for good? JUDY FALLON Shrewsbury, Mass...
...Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, is an extraordinary man, and he is doing everything he can to help Iraq, which is badly in need of a new order. In guerrilla warfare the most important strategy is to win the people's heart. We need to advertise why we are in Iraq. Get the Iraqi people on our side. Let them help us eliminate the bad influences. Make daily TV and radio announcements on Iraq's current situation and what the U.S. is doing to change it. Clarify the U.S.'s goals and objectives to the Iraqis...
...quoted Bremer as asking, "What's the alternative [to the U.S.'s rebuilding efforts]? Do you really think Iraq would be better off if we left?" My answer to that is yes. When the war started, I thought it was justified. I felt I should support my President in his decision, even though I have family members and friends in the military. Now the war is "over," yet U.S. soldiers are still being killed. How many more U.S. service members have to be killed before the troops can be pulled out for good? Judy Fallon Shrewsbury...
...clear whether they're dependent on the same central authority that held them together before the regime was toppled. There is evidence that some of the attacks on U.S. forces may emanate from previously dormant Islamist and nationalist elements, and foreign jihadis from other Arab countries. For both Bremer and the military commanders, the bet appears to be that subduing the insurgency will depend less on eliminating Saddam and his heirs than on aggressive counterinsurgency tactics combined with urgent improvements on the delivery of basic services to Iraqis...