Sunday, September 23, 2007

Entry 1: War in Iraq?????

The most pressing issue in American politics and government today are war in Iraq.
I have chosen this specific typic to discuss because Bush made a huge mistake to go to war in Iraq. So, what do we got out of war in Iraq ? Thousands of service personel lost their life due to the insurgency. Who got what? when and how? I think Bush was trying to bully Iraq and tried to show the world that USA is the major super power nation. In return, Bush is draining billions of taxpayers hard earn money to use in a worstless war. We are so responsibly tied in Iraq that Bush probably do not know how to pull back and when to stop.
"Who gets what , when and how". In this case "who" is Bush and "what" is oil.
"When" makes how long will it takes to drain all the oil out of Iraq and "How" long it will take bush to do it. First of all, the war should have never started. I want to see all the US military come back home. Spend the money on education instead of defense.

1 comment:

Nalini L said...

The war is a huge issue and no one knows how to get out. For one thing, a huge number of Iraqis are displaced, even outside the country, and we caused that. We can't just say "gee, we're sorry" and walk away, leaving them in the rubble to face mass murder from their internal enemies. The US has a responsibility to rebuild the country and make an investment to help this shattered nation. On the other hand, what IS the new nation? The new "elected government" is barely able to function at all. More than half the people don't even believe in a united Iraq. So, it's a giant mess and it's causing horrible losses and an abuse of rights in both our country and over there in Iraq. I agree with your point that we should never have invaded. The inspectors were doing their work and peace in the Middle East is something that takes a coordinated effort. The US and Britain cannot force it. As for democracy, the Middle East and Arab countries have to fight for that from within, otherwise it cannot last. It cannot be created from a decree by America.

I think that unless a country is engaged in a real campaign of genocide, we have no business invading another country that is not directly attacking us. We had far more of an international obligation to fight Saddam Hussein when he was killing the Kurds. That was a genocide and that's about the only time it made sense to go to war. But even then, you should not go to war to stop a dictator unless you are willing to see through the investment of time and personnel for several decades. Recent history shows that the U.S. and UN have not been that successful at "nation building." But it's even harder when it's done on the rubble of war. There is too much death, trauma, revenge, hatred and deprevation in Iraq to allow of any smooth transition at this point. That's why the process has to include the neighboring countries.

The US had more of an influence to bring democracy to Saudi Arabia than to Iraq but we don't do that because we're "friends" with the Saudis, no matter how repressive their government is to their own people. It's hard not to be cynical. If this was all about oil, as you suggest, then shame on us all...especially those who drive SUVs!