Why Eyerakis Luv US So Much?

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   Really a good read, especially, when it's not 13 months old. Shows how Eyerakis really can't live without the Amreekanos!!
'It is all promises and lies' 
Rory Carroll
Tuesday August 16, 2005
The Guardian 

A witness to revolts, revolutions and invasions, Talib Ashur, an 83-year-old Baghdad fruit seller, considers himself a good judge of historic events. 

He remembers the drone of British warplanes during the suppression of Rashi Ali's uprising in 1941, the overthrow of Abdel-Karim Qasim in 1963 and Saddam Hussein's takeover in 1979. 
The attempt to draft a new constitution, however, has not registered on Mr Ashur's scale of momentousness: "It will change nothing. I don't believe in politics anymore. It is all promises and lies." 
Three American Humvees trundled past his stall on Karrada Dakhil street, followed by two police pick-ups with blaring sirens. Regardless of any new constitution, the insecurity and impoverishment will continue, said Mr Ashur. The former civil servant said his pension has not been paid for a year. He no longer has regular electricity or clean water and two brothers have been killed in the violence. 
What difference to him will it make if a piece of paper is signed in Baghdad's green zone, a fortified complex a few miles away, which could have been a parallel universe, with its diplomats and politicians locked in textual wrangling? 
Like many Iraqis, Mr Ashur's patience has run out. A Shia, he cheered Saddam's fall in 2003 and voted for the Shia coalition which swept the election in January. But the violence and the erosion of essential services has sapped his trust. 
Not all Iraqis feel alienated. True, they have not set foot in the green zone and are not sure what sort of constitution will emerge from it, but they are in no doubt that history is being made. "I care very much about what is happening. It will decide our destiny," said Nazar Jawad, 28, a carpenter. He has tracked the negotiations on television. His main concern is that American meddling will taint the draft. "I don't trust them. They want things to collapse." 
His friend Amir Jabar, 35, a Shia taxi driver, hopes for a constitution acceptable to Iraq's main sectarian and ethnic groups which would lead to a stable government and end the insurgency. 
Only then will his wish come true: an end to the capital's no-go areas, bandit country where bombs, shootings and kidnappings have made it impossible to work. As he spoke word came through of a suicide bombing. Mr Jabar shrugged. Security would not happen overnight, but he was willing to wait. "I've no choice."

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	Really a good read, especially, when it's not 13 months old. Shows how Eyerakis really can't live without the Amreekanos!! 'It is all promises and lies' Rory Carroll Tuesday August 16, 2005 The Guardian A witness to revolts, revolutions and invasions, Talib Ashur, an 83-year-old Baghdad fruit seller, considers himself a good judge of historic events. He remembers the drone of British warplanes during the suppression of Rashi Ali's uprising in 1941, the overthrow of Abdel-Karim Qasim in 1963 and Saddam Hussein's takeover in 1979. The attempt to draft a new constitution, however, has not registered on Mr Ashur's scale of momentousness: "It will change nothing. I don't believe in politics anymore. It is all promises and lies." Three American Humvees trundled past his stall on Karrada Dakhil street, followed by two police pick-ups with blaring sirens. Regardless of any new constitution, the insecurity and impoverishment will continue, said Mr Ashur. The former civil servant said his pension has not been paid for a year. He no longer has regular electricity or clean water and two brothers have been killed in the violence. What difference to him will it make if a piece of paper is signed in Baghdad's green zone, a fortified complex a few miles away, which could have been a parallel universe, with its diplomats and politicians locked in textual wrangling? Like many Iraqis, Mr Ashur's patience has run out. A Shia, he cheered Saddam's fall in 2003 and voted for the Shia coalition which swept the election in January. But the violence and the erosion of essential services has sapped his trust. Not all Iraqis feel alienated. True, they have not set foot in the green zone and are not sure what sort of constitution will emerge from it, but they are in no doubt that history is being made. "I care very much about what is happening. It will decide our destiny," said Nazar Jawad, 28, a carpenter. He has tracked the negotiations on television. His main concern is that American meddling will taint the draft. "I don't trust them. They want things to collapse." His friend Amir Jabar, 35, a Shia taxi driver, hopes for a constitution acceptable to Iraq's main sectarian and ethnic groups which would lead to a stable government and end the insurgency. Only then will his wish come true: an end to the capital's no-go areas, bandit country where bombs, shootings and kidnappings have made it impossible to work. As he spoke word came through of a suicide bombing. Mr Jabar shrugged. Security would not happen overnight, but he was willing to wait. "I've no choice."