Re: Jumping up and down
Only the ones with legs.
Hospitals in Baghdad have been looted or are closed.
Red Cross aid efforts in outlying regions are finally beginning to reach people sporadically. Please note that 80,000 people are finally getting clean water after two weeks of unclean supplies. I remind you that Basra's population is 1.5 million, and their need remains acute.
There is no law left in much of Iraq. The force that takes the law away is responsible for the safety of the civilians in the areas it controls and must provide new Guards for their future security.
Furthermore, looting can be used as a cover to facilitate the destruction of important records of human rights abuses under Saddam's regime.
U.S. and U.K. forces have at times stood by as the looting has occurred. In Basra, for instance, Britain has publicly stated that it allowed looting of Ba'ath party buildings as a means of showing that the party had lost control of the city.
Human Rights Watch. "Iraq's Civilians Face Security Vacuum." New York: 9 Apr. 2003. Online. Accessed 10 Apr. 2003
Allowing lawlessness does nothing to establish moral authority to decry it.
Regards--
Mary Anne