What He Said

John Robb over at Global Guerrillas articulates the importance of energy in Baghdad that I hinted at in the earlier post:

"Infrastructure attacks, particularly on power/fuel/water, negate the ability of the government to deliver political goods (for example, in September Baghdad only received 2.5 hours of electricity a day). This halts economic activity and forces the population to rely upon primary loyalties for daily survival (families, neighborhoods, religious organizations, gangs, etc.)."

Read the whole thing.