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I wonder if these participants in the study group actually studied the problems in Iraq. It seems to me that everyone else is to blame for the situation in Iraq except the US and the US military.
Well the problems begin with the widespread and increasing violence. Whose fault is that? Well it is the Arab- Sunni’s insurgency and the Shia militia groups fault. It is the fault of Al-Qaeda and the widespread criminality, of course. No mention of the US military or their shootings of wedding parties; torture policies and prison camps holding uncharged detainees who endure abuse; Not even any mention of that fact that violence started with the declaration of war – after all war is violent – and that was a decision that the US made.
It’s really going to be a disaster, they say, if we don’t do something immediately to squelch the problems and deter the situation from continuing on in the same direction (or another words staying the course). For God’s sake the probability of the outcomes are severe and they are as follows:
1. The breakdown of the Iraqi government
2. A humanitarian catastrophe
3. the intervention of neighboring countries
4. Sunni-Shia clashes spanning outward and globally
5. Al-Qaeda awarded a propaganda victory and expanding its base of operation
6. the deterioration of the US’s global standing
7. An American people even more polarized.
Act now – or these are the most likely outcome of a continued chaotic Iraq, they say. What a sense of urgency they portray and this list – Well God forbid.
God didn’t forbid, I got news for them. We already saw the breakdown of the Iraqi government when we overthrew Saddam. The world is a much better place without him, they say – but he is still in existence and there are many people in the world which would argue that Saddam leading Iraq has got to be better than the current situation. The only people you won’t hear argue that is those who overthrew him in the first place.
A humanitarian catastrophe is already at hand and it is more of a catastrophe and the impact more severe that the participants in this study group don’t realize it. When so many people have died in an unwarranted war and leaders of this war claiming to liberate them from tyranny – isn’t that already a catastrophe, humanitarian in nature? When most of the civilians in a country do not have their basic need met, wouldn’t that be considered a humanitarian crisis at least? And when ethnic cleansing is widespread and so many civilians are displaced, orphaned, injured, suffering – I would say we are not concerned at all about the humanitarian catastrophe resulting from the lack of response to this warning – but rather we are already there – despite their too late warning which says very little to begin with.
If the intervention of neighboring countries are a concern then why do they advocate that Syria and Iran form a support group to assist in the stabilizing of Iraq then? Isn’t that intervention? Well even so, no need to worry about that folks – Iran and Syria are all very concerned about an unstable Iraq and I’m sure it would please everyone in the middle east and especially the neighbors to have a stable iraq but it serves them better to have a busy US with exhausted resources focused on Iraq than to have a stable Iraq, trust me. There won't be any cooperation from iran and Syria trying to stabilize iraq so the American forces can regroup and find something else to do with the tax payers money and our military. They might be from the middle east, there study group but they aren't stupid. I think we have done ruined any chance of any of those countries coming to help us out of any mess we got ourselves into.
Oh and Al-Qaeda winning a propaganda victor – Lord say it isn’t so – The lord does not lie – and he says it is so – and it’s been so and with the way we operate it’s so ridiculous that they are saying that NOW we are concerned about Al-Qaeda expanding and looking better than we do. Imagine that – We went over to iraq to stop these bastards and look what we have done instead. Oh me oh my – does anyone just spit it out anymore – just say the truth – This wasn’t a fucking problem and now it is a problem and no urgent request and response for acting now is going to do much to change this problem. A day late and a dollar short.
And for Christ’s sake, people, we are talking about the good global standing of the US is at risk of diminishing – QUICK! Come together and support our war and our efforts to fix what everyone else has broken to save our name and good reputation. As if it can be saved. As if there is something to be saved. As if anyone reasons like apparently these scholar type study group participants do…like what? We all CAN go to hell longer – just like What? We can be even more hated amongst the global community than we already are? Is there a worse position than the MOST hated in the global community that we are working to fend off here?
News flash – diminishing is a typo – it should read diminished. Gone – Zip – nadda – NO good standing to speak of, save or even worry our propaganda filled little pretty heads about. The only way we can start and take those first steps toward a genuine effort to look credible to the most forgiving in our global community is to impeach the president - hold those people accountable that are to be held accountable for all the suffering, chaos, loss and blood shed and I don't see any recommendation for that at all. I must be way off here. I didn't study this enough, obviously.
OOOPS and we can't have even a MORE polarized american people, now can we? We I think that we had reached the polarized limit there and in fact, I hate to break it to this study group but this is the one unifying issue this country has seen in almost 7 years. Where some of us were always against this war and could anticipate some of these problems from the get go - it seems now that most of us agree this is a bad bad thing - so no need to worry about unifying us - you have already done so by acting so unilaterally and without concern for the opinions or the voices of the american people. We are all almost in agreement that you have fucked up completely and we are also quite sad that we were unable to do anything about it and now these people have suffered greatly because of it. Polarization is not an issue when it comes to this war or this situation getting any worse.
Now I don’t know about the rest of you and like I said, I am no scholar or a fan of studying anything but my recommendation is that we pull out of Iraq. It’s clear to me that we are not wanted, never were and never will be. If we want the Iraqis to take responsibility for their own future and to participate in determining their own fate then why don’t we start by letting them decide what they need from us or if they need us. So far everyone in that report who is a leader whether an elected government official or an unofficial sectarian leader has been said to oppose the American forces. Everyone even the Sunni leader who wants us to stay to protect them from the Shias (apparently when the Sunnis were in power they weren’t very nice to the Shias) but still oppose our continued occupation and interference. So what do you say that we start by trusting them to decide for themselves what they need and don’t need. Don’t you think and I am sure they do think that we have already done enough thank you very much. So my recommendations are as follows
1) Try and convict all war criminals and war profiteer criminals.
2) Get the hell out of Iraq
3) Get the hell out of Iraq
4) Get the hell out of Iraq
5) Take responsibility
6) Quit blaming everyone else
7) Get the hell out of Iraq
8) Hold those responsible accountable
9) Get the hell out of Iraq
10) And finally – Get the hell out of Iraq for christ’s sake –
I don't think we need a damned study group to hear that message loud and clear.
Additionally the democratic government that is so weak and so non-conforming to the US ideals about how to handle the chaos is all too familiar sounding when described in this report.
What, you say? There are few examples of senior officials being brought to trial and convicted for the corruption they participated in? Where have I heard that before?
What, you say? There are too many politicians acting to serve their own personal interest, sectarian and party ideas and not considering the whole country's needs? Hmmmmm, that sounds all too familiar too.
What, you say? The Iraqi people feel that crimes not only go unpunished but are rewarded? What? The government caters to certain sectors and are unfair in their leadership? Huh? What was that about the problem that the democratic election has been - You mean to say that the Shias are in most of the leaders positions and that they are the majority of the population of Iraq? Surely you jest. Even here in America where we hold fair and free Democratic elections the smallest minority of the elite wealthy run the country - how can that be?
As you can see we have no authority or moral understanding of how one accomplishes integrity within government or moral ideas in establishing security and fair and justice throughout. We have no authority at all to be leading this country away from corruption, scandals, immoral acts and inhumane treatment of each other because we have not managed any of the above ourselves.
Get the hell out of Iraq - give them the money for reconstruction - facilitate a different security force made up of those that all Iraqis can agree on - a neutral party and quit instigating the violence, supplying them with the munitions and building the largest us embassy ever instead of ensuring they have water to drink. Work on your own problems with leaders advocating torture and presidents over throwing supreme court decisions regarding prisoners rights to fair trials. Then take some responsibility and sincerely do whatever you can that they wish you to do - for their interests and forget all of your own - because now is not a time for you to worry about what you want and need - it's a time for you to worry about what you have done and how you can fix it America. And You don't need a god damned study group to figure that out.
over and out.
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