Rajiv Chandrasekaran: Imperial Life In The Emerald City

[saliotthomas]

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran-
I just read it and it's an incredible description of the absurdity of the Americain "liberation" of Baghdad.It would be funny if it wasn't so dramatic.

 

[saliotthomas]

I just read that they are making a movie out of this,with Matt Damon.I can't imagine it,the book being more about general evalution of the situation,and different interview..
It's shot in Marrakech as most of the last terrorist movies,if you see an Arabe city or desert,it's usualy Morroco.

 

[silverseason]

Another book along these lines is Fiasco by Thomas Ricks. I am listening to it on recorded books. In it Ricks spells out a results of the absence of realistic planning for an occupation and transition. He doesn't much fault the troops on the ground for sometimes responding inappropriately because no one had figured out what was appropriate.

A tremendous waste of skill and lives.