Reading A Thin Blue Line: Why Iraqi cops are struggling gave me an idea for a blockbuster movie. A movie about being an Iraqi cop. The station would always be under attack, patrols would litterally be driving through a war-zone, and your family is never safe. Shoot, it could make a good video game too. Rescue your wife and kids before their heads get lopped off.
The article was good. This point is worth noting, and it also reinforces the idea of Bush doing things alone:
...until recently, American policy-makers have encouraged the poor performance of the police by purging their leaders, disbanding their army, and setting out to finish off the "dead-enders" all alone. These actions have allowed the Iraqis to accept democracy as a gift, rather than as a hard-won result of a collective struggle in which they have a stake. And now they are being placed at the tip of the spear.
Maybe this whole Iraq war is a good idea. The future entertainment value is priceless. No writer could have came up with this. Reality is stranger than fiction. I'm just waiting for Cops: In Baghdad. to be filmed on location.
