[MinorityRepublican]

Why did that moron Bremer disband the Ba'athist Party? If we kept it intact and told them that there's the new sheriff in town, they'll be able to keep violence under control.

Just imagine if a foreigner comes in America and disband our police forces overnight?

Gangs like MS-13, Bloods, and Crips would cause mayhem in the streets.

[Allegra]

Why did that moron Bremer disband the Ba'athist Party?

I don't know; I certainly wasn't one of his advisors.

If we kept it intact and told them that there's the new sheriff in town, they'll be able to keep violence under control.

Hindsight is always 20/20, I guess. It' hard to say, though. Al Qaeda sent its A-Team in here right away and that may have happened anyway.

[forkinsocket]

When Bremer reversed policy & announced re-Ba’athification on TV (in 2004 I believe?), the Shi’a freaked out & the uprisings began in earnest. They saw it as a repeat of the British turning over the country to their Sunni oppressors. The average Shi’a was still wary of al-Sadr until then, but he took that opportunity to be the one who stands up for them.