Rumsfeld, 2003, on looting in Baghdad (which had devastating effects on Iraq long-term). "While no one condones looting... one can understand the pent-up feelings that may result from decades of repression and people who have had members of their family killed by that regime..."https://twitter.com/LarryOrnez/status/1267467825213571074 …
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Yes Rumsfeld said looting is a “transition to freedom”, and criticized focusing on it. Also: “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.”https://twitter.com/drlimkt19/status/1267813687256997888 …
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That’s what’s it seems like is happening in SoHo. NYPD meets peaceful marches with escalating force creating chaos, but response to other situations seems designed to stimulate rich white folks demand for police crackdowns.
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It feels like a protection racket. Create chaos, then sell order for a cost.
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There's a brilliant documentary called No End in Sight by Charled Ferguson, which details this. It is horrific the destruction and carnage that they caused.
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I'm confused. Is this an argument for or against deploying the National Guard? I thought the progressive left is against deploying the National Guard?
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