marry. Pages Home Good Bad Really bad Humble 29.3.11 Security checkpoints. Iraq. Culture of tribal authoritarianism. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12894372 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_building_security http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_checkpoint http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism Authoritarianism is a form of  social organization  characterized by submission to  authority . A long time ago I stood guard at the vehicle gate to a certain fairly well-known compound inside a military base.