Mike Tharp: Most Iraqis regard the U.S. troops as occupiers, some Americans talk about staying longer.
Paul Jay speaks to Mike Tharp, Executive Editor of the Merced Sun-Star who's currently based at the McClatchy Newspapers' Baghdad Bureau. Tharp says that most Iraqis "want the "U.S. out totally as soon as possible." They've seen the last six years as an occupation, not as bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq, but instead the loss of tens of thousands of Iraqi lives as well as over 4300 American troop losses, a Trillion dollars spent by the U.S. I don't know what estimates are being put on the damage done to the Iraqi society and economy, but it's incalculable."
Mike Tharp is the Executive Editor of the Merced Sun-Star. His column, "Copy!," appears each Saturday. Currently, Tharp is in Baghdad working with their local McClatchy Newspapers bureau.
Paul Jay speaks to Mike Tharp, Executive Editor of the Merced Sun-Star who's currently based at the McClatchy Newspapers' Baghdad Bureau. Tharp says that most Iraqis "want the "U.S. out totally as soon as possible." They've seen the last six years as an occupation, not as bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq, but instead the loss of tens of thousands of Iraqi lives as well as over 4300 American troop losses, a Trillion dollars spent by the U.S. I don't know what estimates are being put on the damage done to the Iraqi society and economy, but it's incalculable."
Mike Tharp is the Executive Editor of the Merced Sun-Star. His column, "Copy!," appears each Saturday. Currently, Tharp is in Baghdad working with their local McClatchy Newspapers bureau.
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