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Accusing the Iraqi people of being stupid, because Iraqi criminals go around looting in the absence of police, is not right. Criminals are criminals, and when there's noone to enforce the law, criminals can do as they want to.
And comparing the "liberation" of Iraq to the liberation of countries like France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway after WW2 is not correct either. Back in 1945 we were liberated from an occupying foreign power (who when they invaded actually claimed they were liberators who came to protect us from France and England). Iraq is being "liberated" from their own government, so you can't really expect the same reaction (and also, Iraqi people does not have the same sense of unity, that for example the dutch and the norwegians have) . And before their is a real democratic Iraqi government in place in Iraq, and the coalition forces have pulled out, the US and Britain are still occupying forces.
Now, I don't expect that the coalition can handle all cases of looting, and I know they're trying to put an end to the looting gangs and restore law and order. But they're are also oblidged to do this as an occypying power, and if they don't get the job done properly, people should voice their consern. I don't think we really should panic and start to point out the blame yet, since it's not so long ago since the end of the Baath party. But if the coalition failes to restore law and order and create an Iraqi democracy after a longer period of time, they will not have kept what they promised and what they are obliged to do, and should be held responsible for that.
I think we should wait a while and see how it goes for a few months, so we'll have a clearer view of what the situation is like under the new American/British occupation.
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