(原文3）混沌と静寂 ： NYタイムスより
投稿者： stwmpxqmwts 投稿日時： 2003/09/02 17:25 投稿番号： [159288 / 177456]
Mr. Naji could produce few records on the recent infant deaths, attributing the inability to the new freedom brought by the Americans.
"Democracy has ruined this hospital," he said, sifting through uncollated notes and jottings. "In the past, people really worked at their jobs, if only because they were terrified of their supervisors. We kept the most accurate records. We had weekly meetings on the worst cases.
"Now, with all this freedom, no one cares anymore," he said. "We don't keep records anymore."
For all of that, Mr. Naji said, he would not pine for the days of Saddam Hussein. "Never," he said. "The Americans did a great thing when they got rid of that tyrant. Things could even get worse here and I would still feel that way."
"Believe me," Mr. Naji added, "most of the people in Diwaniya would feel that way."
The Americans could only wish that their welcome in Diwaniya was reproduced in towns like Tikrit, Ramadi and Falluja, part of the central and western core of Iraq, an area from which Mr. Hussein drew his ruling class. The destruction of his government brought an abrupt end to the privileges many enjoyed.
When American troops arrived in Ramadi in April, Sheik Fauzi Ftekhan Aburisha was the man they had to work with. Chosen by Ramadi's tribal leaders as their representative, Sheik Fauzi struck a deal that allowed American forces to enter the city. He assured other tribal leaders that the Americans would leave them alone. He assured the Americans that they would not be attacked.
"I really put myself out for the Americans," he said in an interview. "I guaranteed them ・gave them my word ・no one would take up arms against them."
That did not last. American soldiers were killed, and Americans began hunting some of the people to whom the sheik had promised safety.
These days, he said, many of the town's residents are so enraged that they have sworn to battle the Americans forever. The sheik, who counts himself a supporter of the Americans, is caught in the middle.
Whatever restraint the people had, they have lost, he said. "They will keep fighting."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/international/worldspecial/24REBU.html
"Democracy has ruined this hospital," he said, sifting through uncollated notes and jottings. "In the past, people really worked at their jobs, if only because they were terrified of their supervisors. We kept the most accurate records. We had weekly meetings on the worst cases.
"Now, with all this freedom, no one cares anymore," he said. "We don't keep records anymore."
For all of that, Mr. Naji said, he would not pine for the days of Saddam Hussein. "Never," he said. "The Americans did a great thing when they got rid of that tyrant. Things could even get worse here and I would still feel that way."
"Believe me," Mr. Naji added, "most of the people in Diwaniya would feel that way."
The Americans could only wish that their welcome in Diwaniya was reproduced in towns like Tikrit, Ramadi and Falluja, part of the central and western core of Iraq, an area from which Mr. Hussein drew his ruling class. The destruction of his government brought an abrupt end to the privileges many enjoyed.
When American troops arrived in Ramadi in April, Sheik Fauzi Ftekhan Aburisha was the man they had to work with. Chosen by Ramadi's tribal leaders as their representative, Sheik Fauzi struck a deal that allowed American forces to enter the city. He assured other tribal leaders that the Americans would leave them alone. He assured the Americans that they would not be attacked.
"I really put myself out for the Americans," he said in an interview. "I guaranteed them ・gave them my word ・no one would take up arms against them."
That did not last. American soldiers were killed, and Americans began hunting some of the people to whom the sheik had promised safety.
These days, he said, many of the town's residents are so enraged that they have sworn to battle the Americans forever. The sheik, who counts himself a supporter of the Americans, is caught in the middle.
Whatever restraint the people had, they have lost, he said. "They will keep fighting."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/international/worldspecial/24REBU.html
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