[Dean's World] Dave Price: Fallujah Then And Now

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Posted by Dave Price:
Fallujah Then And Now
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1191706846.shtml


   Bill Ardolino [1]notes the changes in Fallujah since his last visit.
   It's an interesting view from the ground level of the Anbar miracle.
   Even with greatly reduced hostilities, building a responsible
   government is hard.

     This was exemplified by watching Sermarini and Andalus Precinct
     Captain Major Mohammed conduct a version of Abbot and Costelloâs
     âWhoâs on first?â routine during a status meeting. Sermarini tried
     to explain that Mohammed needs to document the gas his patrolmen
     use while responding to calls if he wants to requisition more fuel.
     The Iraqi officer kept insisting that he could not document the
     names of informants who made calls because they wanted to remain
     anonymous, whereas Sermarini simply wanted him to record the gas
     used responding to the tips. After three attempts, the PiTT
     commander gave up to try another day, saying âThis isnât a rabbit
     hole I want to go down right now.â

   If you ask me, that Andalus captain understands just fine and is
   scamming for free fuel. But I've lived in Chicago, so maybe I'm too
   cynical.

References

   1. http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/10/bill_ardolino_looks.php