"Two items:
The first is logistics. “Unexpectedly,” since U.S. diplomatic
activities can no longer piggyback (which made lots of sense at the time) on U.S. military logistic and other support activities, long and vulnerable supply routes are an easy way for the Iraqis to put pressure on us.
We truck in our supplies, including food, for the same reason
the military did: local supplies are either unreliable (in terms of quantity and quality) and untrustworthy (in terms of security).
Fresh produce, including salad bar type items, are simply the
“canary in the coal mine” in terms of this logistical chokehold. While it’s easy to make fun of “arugula” eaters (and I would make fun of it too if I was entirely certain what arugula was/is), this is just the first turn of the ratchet for putting the squeeze on our diplomatic mission.
(Of course, it could just be a question of paying more bribes
at the border.)"
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