Sunday December 14, 2003 at 7:24 PM
Tough Love for Iraq
Appearing in Seen Elsewhere
- “With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to help them.”
- Lt. Col. Nathan Sassaman
U.S. commander in Abu Hishma, Iraq
as qtd. New York Times, Dec. 7, 2003
- “Colonel Sassaman is a very good man. If he got rid of the barbed wire and the checkpoint, everyone would love him.”
- Hassan Ali al-Tai
citizen of Abu Hishma, Iraq
as qtd. New York Times, Dec. 7, 2003
