Topic: Iraq War
There are too many people who are claiming that we must come up with the answer on how to win the war in Iraq. What these people do not take into consideration is that the area commonly referred to as the Middle-East, has for centuries been a part of the world which has been ruled by Dictators and Royalty, and most governments have for hundreds of years primarily based on their religious beliefs.
But now we of the United States have decided that these people cannot live under those conditions any longer and they must become Free Democracies like us. But seeing what the 109th Congress did, or didn’t do during the past few years makes that premise questionably at best.
The people who live in that part of the world are not that interested in making any rapid changes, and were quite happy the way they were.
The situation is kind of like what would happen if we have decided that we should teach Pigs how to fly. Now Pigs are not really that interested in learning how to fly. As a matter of fact pigs are very happy being able to wallow in the mud, as it prevents those pesky flies from landing on their backs. Pigs are not prone to running fast or jumping over things, and are satisfied to just walk slowly to get from point A to point B. Pigs are happy to eat a lot and gain weight, and are not really interested in losing weight to get down to a good flying trim. And pigs are not really known for jumping off high places, simulating flight, so even if we could cause pigs to grow wings, the idea of teaching them to fly would be extremely remote, if not impossible as they have no desire to fly.
The same is true of the people of Iraq, as we have invaded their country, disrupted their existing government and Law Enforcement, eliminated their existing military, and caused them to have a free election and eliminate the concept that their government should be based on their religious belief, and should instead set up as a government of religious freedom, like ours.
This is not like a switch that you can turn off the ideas and lifestyles that a people have lived with for hundreds of years, just because you held an election. The changes we are trying to force down the throats of these people will take years, or even generations to accomplish.
They have held their free elections and formed a government, but the government has been infiltrated by outside elements and has done virtually nothing. They have established a new police presence, but it too has been infiltrated by outside forces and has in certain cases become a Death Squad of other religions. They have established a new military, but it has also been infiltrated by outside elements and there have also been many deserters, who after being trained as fighters by the US Military Training Squads, have probably deserted their army and joined the insurgents. We have also supplied the new Iraqi Army with many weapons, the great majority of which are missing, and are probably being used against us by the insurgents.
The idea of establishing a free democracy and freedom of religion and equality of all people regardless of race, sex, religion, color of skin and place of origin is a concept that we in the United States have been working on and trying to get it right for almost four hundred years, and we almost got it.
So the whole idea of fixing the problem we have caused in Iraq is an unanswerable question, as we never should have gone there in the first place.
Posted by rj06042
at 7:58 PM EST
