Are We Doomed?
November, 2011
I enjoyed reading about Paula Froelich's vacation in Iraq {Down and Out in Baghdad, September). I worked on nongovernment projects there from 2003 to 2006 and had to go out to buy equipment from local shops, including in Tikrit, Ramadi, Baquba and dangerous Fallujah. Sometimes I was escorted by a professional security team, but I preferred traveling on my own in low-key cars driven by trusted Iraqis. I avoided military convoys because they were the most likely to be hit by fire. I would like to...
