An interesting read on the early days of the Iraqi Green Zone

[CFH]

Welcome to the Green Zone - The Atlantic (November 2004)

I'm curious to know what people think of this article. It's 22 pages long though, so I doubt anyone reads it.

[Youngblood]

Welcome to the Green Zone - The Atlantic (November 2004)

I'm curious to know what people think of this article. It's 22 pages long though, so I doubt anyone reads it.

Nice assumption we are all either too dumb or lazy to wade through 22 pages of anything, fukface.

Bearing that in mind... tl;dr.







Seriously though, very interesting look at the inner workings of one particular aspect and location of the invasion. There is much to be deciphered from it I would think, understood.

One thing I found particularly interesting was the focus the writer had on looking at the implementation of traffic law. At how naive those trying to enforce it were, and how blindly they tried to use an American frame of reference to make it happen, not in any way considering the implications and influence of their surroundings and culture. It was a good analogy for many things gone wrong.

Too many thoughts on it personally to put forth in a quick reply, so I'll just say a great and interesting read. Thanks

[CFH]

Welcome to the Green Zone - The Atlantic (November 2004)

I'm curious to know what people think of this article. It's 22 pages long though, so I doubt anyone reads it.

Nice assumption we are all either too dumb or lazy to wade through 22 pages of anything, fukface.

Bearing that in mind... tl;dr.







Seriously though, very interesting look at the inner workings of one particular aspect and location of the invasion. There is much to be deciphered from it I would think, understood.

One thing I found particularly interesting was the focus the writer had on looking at the implementation of traffic law. At how naive those trying to enforce it were, and how blindly they tried to use an American frame of reference to make it happen, not in any way considering the implications and influence of their surroundings and culture. It was a good analogy for many things gone wrong.

Too many thoughts on it personally to put forth in a quick reply, so I'll just say a great and interesting read. Thanks

It was assigned reading in an anthropology class I am just finishing called Colonialism and Daily Life. It's amazing how many parallels there are between the Iraq situation and British/European colonial endeavors between the late 16th and early 20th century. The British experience in West Africa in particular shares many similarities.

[VictorCharlie]

Pretty good read. The guy should have been more specific though. The green zone is a really lush area that the International Zone (IZ) sits in, but I suppose both terms are used interchangeably. I actually never made it there. Some of my fellow soldiers got to take a couple of trips there during the deployment but I don't really recall their experiences. The security for it was handed over to the Iraqi's last year if you didn't know. I'd be interested for the writer to return and give an update.