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Letter "J" » Joost Hiltermann Quotes
«Under Saddam, you usually were OK as long as you kept your mouth shut, ... Now you might get hurt or even killed almost arbitrarily, given the absence of rule of law, the sectarian fighting, insurgent actions and U.S. carelessness in responding to attacks.»
Author: Joost Hiltermann
«The constitution should have been a national compact, but the final product has pushed Kurds, Sunni Arabs and Shiites further apart, setting them on a path toward civil war and the dissolution of the country.»
Author: Joost Hiltermann
«Under Saddam, you usually were OK as long as you kept your mouth shut. Now you might get hurt or even killed almost arbitrarily, given the absence of rule of law, the sectarian fighting, insurgent actions and U.S. carelessness in responding to attacks.»
Author: Joost Hiltermann
«The good thing about the December election was that Sunnis participated but the logic of sectarianism was already set in motion.»
Author: Joost Hiltermann
«And they have been persuaded in the last few months to join the constitutional and political process but their participation remains extremely fragile and when they see that there are reprisals against Sunni Arabs for being Sunni Arabs they go back into their siege mentality.»
Author: Joost Hiltermann
«There are clerics who are very moderate and who understand what the current situation demands, and there are clerics who have political agendas and who marshal forces for their own gain. Those are the dangerous ones.»
Author: Joost Hiltermann
«The Americans are seen as an occupying power with long term goals to control oil.»
Author: Joost Hiltermann
«But at the same time they play an important role because they physically stand between militias that are at each other's throats.»
Author: Joost Hiltermann
«He has angered insurgents who don't believe in his methods or in attacks on holy sites. But that won't stop him.»
Author: Joost Hiltermann
«It couldn't come about except by a tremendous bloodbath. This is not a natural solution.»
Author: Joost Hiltermann
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