Maj. Benjamin Busch & Tweety.

[The Backlash Cometh]

Benjamin Busch, marine corp. reservist, was on and was pretty good, but he did say something very condescending about the Iraqis which isn't altogether true. He said that they were possessive about water, where "WE WOULD TRY TO SHARE." He said the tribes would get territorial about the water and that they had water rights so water distribution was a problem.

Why I had trouble with this is that my beef with parts of the mid-west is their riparian & property rights. It's no different than the Iraqis. Generally, it's first come, first own. One person can take control of an entire water source, basically, because, the concept goes, that there isn't enough water to share for several farms to flourish, so one person can have it all.

And then, there was the movement a few years ago to privatize water distribution.

Just wanted to make that correction, because we Americans have a habit of being condescending to other cultures, and do not notice the primitiveness of our own laws.