Odium of the Mesopotamia Entanglement

Abstract

During the Cairo Conference in March 1921, Winston Churchill, then Colonial Secretary, said "I feel some misgivings about the political consequences to myself of taking on my shoulders the burden and odium of the Mesopotamia entanglement." Eighty-odd years later, the United States is committed to regime change in Baghdad and is now looking into same the Pandora's Box of Iraq that Churchill once saw. As the United States starts to think about the challenges of rebuilding a post-Saddam Iraq, it is worth reconsidering Churchill's insight and the circumstances of his analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA524827

Entities

People

  • James A. Russell

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Agreements
  • California
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Human Development
  • Kurds
  • Middle East
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • War

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies