Blogging Iraq (1): Free Iraqi blogs on ‘a change of mentality’

Free Iraqi has a long and thoughtful post about the rise of a new self-reliance among the Iraqi people. He writes “There's a change of mentality that started to occur in Iraq even before the 9th of April, but toppling Saddam marked a surge in the change process that made it transfere into an active form and spread wider than before (…) it has become obvious to an increasing number of Iraqis that they can never go back to that idle state were they left everything to whoever in charge and instead they're gradually seeing how important their role in making their lives better, and I have no doubt that soon most Iraqis will find that not only they have a role they should play but that this role is in fact the main one”. (AJ)