tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post6873544571092337507..comments2024-02-29T12:38:32.191-08:00Comments on MUSINGS ON IRAQ: Revolutionary Times, Gen. Qasim And Iraq’s 1958 Coup, Interview With Western Kentucky's Prof. Juan RomeroJoel Winghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-65787139963203868942020-09-30T09:10:34.479-07:002020-09-30T09:10:34.479-07:00Gen. Qasim
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Gen. Qasim <br />https://youtu.be/OZLcBTt-or4<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-86538775002211726862013-10-14T08:47:34.291-07:002013-10-14T08:47:34.291-07:00Really great interview.
It is so important to und...Really great interview.<br /><br />It is so important to understand the fellahin and Tribal rules that preceded the coup/revolution, as it is to understand the emergence of technocrats.<br /><br />One aspect brings the end of tribal/sheik/landowner controls in favor of the emerging unitary concept of one right, one standard, and one rule of law--equally applicable to Qasim's focus on the urban poor.<br /><br />The other sought, in my view, to rebalance the system (loss of kings) through introduction of the technocrats, and their efforts to implement the Qasim approaches (land reform, food security, public works, infrastructure, housing, education, medicine, etc..)<br /><br />Whether good, bad, or something else, these were all important dynamics and factions at play in Iraq, and still embedded in the system we stumbled into.Steve Donnelly, AICPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707306512563808960noreply@blogger.com