Jay Garner, the US general abruptly dismissed as Iraq's first occupation administrator after a month in the job, says he fell out with the Bush circle after he called for swift and free elections and rejected an imposed programme of privatisation.
In an interview to be broadcast on BBC Newsnight, Friday, March 19, he says: "My preference was to put the Iraqis in charge as soon as we can, and do it with some form of elections ... I just thought it was necessary to rapidly get the Iraqis in charge of their destiny." [The BBC program will air at 10:30 GMT; it will also be available at 7:30 PM EST on the internet at http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight]
Asked by the reporter Greg Palast if he foresaw negative repercussions from the subsequent US imposition of mass privatisation , Gen Garner said: "I don't know ... we'll just have to wait and see." It would have been better for the Iraqis to take decisions themselves, even if they made mistakes, he said.
"What I was trying to do was get to a functioning government ... We as Americans like to put our template on things. And our template's good, but it's not necessarily good for everyone else."
In an interview to be broadcast on BBC Newsnight, Friday, March 19, he says: "My preference was to put the Iraqis in charge as soon as we can, and do it with some form of elections ... I just thought it was necessary to rapidly get the Iraqis in charge of their destiny." [The BBC program will air at 10:30 GMT; it will also be available at 7:30 PM EST on the internet at http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight]
Asked by the reporter Greg Palast if he foresaw negative repercussions from the subsequent US imposition of mass privatisation , Gen Garner said: "I don't know ... we'll just have to wait and see." It would have been better for the Iraqis to take decisions themselves, even if they made mistakes, he said.
"What I was trying to do was get to a functioning government ... We as Americans like to put our template on things. And our template's good, but it's not necessarily good for everyone else."
No wonder they sacked him.
This show was originally scheduled for March 16, then changed to March 18. It looks like it's March 19 now. I don't know where the problem is with the scheduling, but I'll keep passing on Greg Palast's messages if it keeps getting moved.
....and you keep doing what you want....you will anyway.
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