As in Afghanistan, the Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq were mostly a gimmick to make Americans feel good about the occupations. Their supposed successes are cloaked in double-speak and meaningless statistics. Statistical progress is not hard in nations whose infrastructures were destroyed by invasion and occupation, and where entire neighborhoods have been leveled in the name of security. Brilliant article by Douglas Valentine here.
Douglas Valentine is author of The Phoenix Program as well as The Strength of the Wolf.
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