WHAT SUCCESS? IRAQ IS STILL IN CHAOS YOU DUMMIES!
By Schuyler ThorpeAuthor and Political Activist
Oh, happy days! Basra is a bonafide success! (note sarcasm)
The Iraqis are showering the British with flowers and candy!
Insurgents are laying down their arms and pitching in to rebuild Iraq!
It seems a bit premature to celebrate–don’t you think?
After all, the country is in a state of civil war (no matter what the Bush administration says otherwise), so what little success there is, is 100% guaranteed to replaced by more inroads of failure by both the US and British forces.
Not too long ago, the Brits turned over a base to the Iraqis and almost immediately, the area was quickly overrun by the insurgents. And those same security forces which the US salivated over would help keep a hold of that base–just stood by and let it happen.
(If you’re ever wondering why I am always focusing on the negative aspects of this war and not the positive, it’s because we need to be reminded that some wars are not worth the costs. Maybe pointing these faults out to future generations, it will remind them of the cost we face today thanks in part to the overwhelming ignorance by those whom we placed a lot of faith and trust in executing the powers of Office. Maybe, people will realize that waging war will take more than just political rhetoric and political grandstanding by one party or one like-minded President.)
What about Basra? Well, despite our government’s claims that things “are sunny over there and this represents a good news story”, I wouldn’t be surprised if everything went to pot over the next year–after the Brits eventually leave.
However, seeing how only one town has been successfully liberated (you never hear the Bushbots talk about Fallujah anymore as a grand success story), you still have acres and acres, miles upon miles, to secure and liberate in Iraq.
The problem is manpower. We don’t have it. And with our Coalition of the Willing leaving in drips and drabs, it’ll only be us in Iraq before too long.
It’s just sad that we have to keep liberating Baghdad over and over again with more and more troops–while the rest of Iraq continues to seep in chaos.
But isn’t this what the neoconservatives and Bush wanted all along?
Endless chaos and zero exit strategies?
Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1@yahoo.com
posted by Schuyler Thorpe @ 4:46 PM
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