Looting is the transition to freedom

[ck4829]

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2003 (UPI) -- U.S. forces should not be blamed for the lawlessness and looting in Baghdad as it is a natural consequence of the transition from a dictatorship to a free country, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Friday at the Pentagon.

"The task we've got ahead of us now is an awkward one ... It's untidy. And freedom's untidy. And free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. They're also free to live their lives and do wonderful things. And that's what's going to happen here," Rumsfeld said.

"And for suddenly the biggest problem in the world to be looting is really notable."

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2003/04/11/Rumsfeld-Looting-is-transition-to-freedom/63821050097983/

[Squinch]

1. If Donald Rumsfeld said it, it's wrong.

[ck4829]

2. It is wrong, absolutely agree, so where were the people saying that back then?

Seems to me like looting has a different meaning when it was 'just' the property of faceless nobodies of a country our military invaded vs when it's the property of people we know and love.

[Squinch]

3. Because it served their purposes and they're lying, immoral sacks.

[Karadeniz]

4. I remember....they had no plans for post occupation, so they came up with freedom.