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Iraq has not surrendered
I know Bush held a photo op on a carrier declaring the war was over. It was
then or never for the photo op as it was the lowest point in the hostilities
which have been increasing ever since. The fact remains Iraq has not
surrendered.
The POWs have not been released. It is required they be released immediately
after the end of a war. So despite what Bush said on the carrier he did not
not believe the war was over when he said it. When they are all released the
war is over and not before.
US troops are continuing to take prisoners so they do not believe the war is
over.
Until Iraq surrenders the people of Iraq have every right to fight and kill
the invaders in any manner they choose. If this were a legal war then Iraqis
would be bound by the conventions of war. In terms of international law
this is an illegal war so Iraqis are bound by none of the laws. Nor are
Americans of course and their behavior demonstrates they are waging an
illegal war.
Iraqis have the right kill off foreign troops
Americans might not like to hear that but in international law governing
war, as long as the war continues they have a right to fight and kill the
foreigners even if they are Americans. Americans can declare themselves
anything they want including the humorous title of liberators but the fact
is they are conquerors.
They have conquered. They do rule. They will not leave. What else describes
conquerers?
Of course good judgment should rule on the part of the Iraqis but it is not
required. And from their point of view they read interviews with US troops
who openly talk of killing wounded Iraqis after the fighting. They read of
US troop firing into crowds of protesters which the US has confirmed. Are
they supposed to be happy about it? Would you be in their position?
Are you happy to know American troops murdered wounded troops whose crime is
defending their country? Are you happy to know American troops are stopping
protests, people just trying to get water and electricity, by opening fire
on them?
If Iraqis had conquered the US and were running things and had murdered
wounded, helpless defenders and were murdering anyone who protests, I know I
would be working on ways to kill them. Why should Iraqis be any different?
What would you do?
The US has no intention of allowing Iraq to be free
This has been said several times. It is usually said indirectly but some
times explicitely. The most explicite is to say US will not leave until
there is a pro-western democracy in place in Iraq.
I have a dumb question. What if they do not want to be pro-western? Does
that mean we never leave? How can they be both free and forced to be
pro-western? How is it possible to be free and forced to be pro-western?
Pro-western is not an honest term. It really means pro-american. Look at it
from the point of view of Iraqis.
The US is making a big issue of finding mass graves. Iraqis see the largest
mass graves as the result of the revolution the US encouraged in 1990-91 and
then abandoned and pulled out support. The revolutionaries died because the
US stopped helping. On top of that it was President Bush the father of this
President Bush who encouraged them and then abandoned them. Are they to
trust the son when the father lead them to destruction? Would you?
It is impossible to force anyone to be free. There is only the opportunity
to be free. But placing any requirements upon the freedom such as
pro-western means there is no freedom only force. As if to emphasize this,
Iraq now has a free press which is not free to criticize or oppose the
occupation of Iraq in any manner.
How will Iraqis be forced to be pro-american?
The only way I know is the way they were forced to be pro-Saddam Hussein,
torture and if necessary kill those who are not. Already the US is killing
people demanding the minimum necessities of modern life for having the
courage to do so. Is formal torture and murder far behind?
2004 May 03 -- Psychic am I not?
Why would they not want to be pro-american?
The invasion itself is quite sufficient. Who likes invaders? The French may
have lined the streets but the Germans didn't. And the people did nothing.
They cannot even be pressed to say they permitted their country to attack
the US as was fed to Germany.
Iraq did not attack the US, period, end of discussion. Iraqis know they were
attacked without cause. Everyone in the world knows they were attacked
without cause. The best anyone can do is come up with a lame excuse to
justify it.
Who really likes having their country reduced to chaos and ruin by
foreigners. Who likes having thousands of trigger happy teenagers telling
them what to do, when to do it and how. Remember they only deal with the
lowest ranks. Americans may be proud of their troops but that does not mean
the troops patroling the country are mature enough to drink. The US says
they are not by law.
Before the war women could walk the streets of Baghdad alone at night. Today
they are afraid to go out in groups in daylight. Before the war women in
Iraq were as free as American women in the 1960s or 70s. Today they are
being threatened for not wearing headscarves. Before the war Christians
could sell alcohol and anyone could buy it. Today alcohol dealers are being
murdered wholesale.
Looting, rape, murder and drug dealing are rampant where it did not exist
before. Two hours of electricity is a good day. The city water is disease
ridden. Stop me when I mention something that would make Iraqis
pro-american.
Right. Almost forgot. Hussein is out of power. Iraqis agree the US has
achieved its objective. Should Iraqis love Americans because Americans will
not leave?
To paraphrase
If Americans come as guests they may stay for a hundred years. If they come
as occupiers we will kill them.
Everything is worse including the rate of innocent civilians deaths at the
hands of the Americans who are the new Husseins. The promised freedom keeps
being pushed further into the future.
How bad can it get? They are only ragheads.
Considering the average American is no better educated than the troops in
Iraq that attitude is understandably common. An Iraqi may be called a
raghead but a raghead with a gun is called sir. Iraqis are adult human being
just like the rest of us. Intelligence is not measured by knowledge of
enjoying life in America.
Unlike America, Hussein did not fear an armed citizenry. Private ownership
of guns is more common in Iraq than in the US. There are at least 14 million
people capable of using guns and who likely own guns. There is
no pro-american faction in Iraq. As things get worse the only
disagreements are between patience and violence. And that means US troops
are outnumbered about 100 to 1. On the bright side, if the women do not
fight it is only about 50 to 1.
2004 December 07 -- Still psychic!
It is certain now the date of Bush's
Mission Accomplished fashion statement on the carrier Lincoln was chosen
because it was the lowest point in the fighting. It hasn't been that quiet
since. Last month had as many American combat deaths as the entire operation
leading up to the speech.
While claiming success in Fallujah America has lost control of Baghdad. They
have gotten themselves into a position where a Shi'ite uprising can cut off
all supplies delivered by land. That would leave Baghdad supplied by air but
America has lost control of the road from the airport to the city.
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