[marron]

I have to say, I have been half-panicked watching video of the looters, and the newsmen saying that its ok, they're just looting government offices. Obviously, I don't care about office furniture or plumbing fixtures, but the thought of file drawers and hard-drives walking out the doors has me almost apoplectic.

This article says that the Ministries are being guarded, so that gives me a little peace of mind. My impression, from the newsmen who I hope are as clueless as usual, was that we were not paying enough attention to securing the files. I hope this article does not reflect the norm over there.

[whadizit]

IMO, we could have used more troops. I know that is an old complaint but if we had brought MP's for police work and to guard certain gov't buildings until we got out what we wanted, I would feel much better.

I have heard too much, "We cannot be everywhere." We could have certain offices, etc. targeted for security.

I also wish we had sent a division, or whatever, to do nothing but guard Syrian border.