the "surge" has shifted techniques of domination across Iraq from the direct application of violence against insurgents to indirect spatial incarceration, multiplying archipelagos of externally alienated and internally homogenous ethno-national enclaves through walls and checkpoints, under a blanket of aerial surveillance.Steve Niva
"The New Walls of Baghdad"
Counterpunch, 4/29
I've often noted this comparison and occasionally posted remarks about Israeli-like tactics employed by the U.S in Iraq. This piece begins by laying out exactly what those population-control measures are, something complete lost on 99% of Americans. But, how effective will these crimes be? The U.S., like Israel, has set itself up to be a state "permanently at war with much of the Arab and Muslim world." Niva sees this as a trap, likely to have very bad long-term consequences for both the U.S. and Israel.
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