Mr. Bush, Tear Down This Wall

Here is something that makes the skin crawl. Seems that the U.S. military in Iraq is intent on walling off a section of Baghdad in order to curb sectarian violence. Whether or not this makes good strategic sense the symbolic power of a "wall" will continue to erode what is left of the goodwill Iraqi's have toward the United States. Images of the Berlin Wall pop into mind and nothing good can come of that. It's one thing if an action makes strategic sense, but to the majority of us who are not schooled in urban warfare this looks bad. A large number Iraqi's took to the streets to protest the idea. The Iraqi prime minister did not seem too enthusiastic when he found out. Weird.

Here is a link to the CNN report:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.main/index.html