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The Real Deal
About War In Iraq
By Junious Ricardo Stanton
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But a foreign
invasion which is supported by only a small minority of
Iraqis and which seems certain to lead to long-term
occupation, loss of independence and effective foreign
control of the country's oil can scarcely be regarded as
national liberation. It is also difficult to imagine the
US accepting anything but the most "managed"
democracy, given the kind of government genuine
elections might well throw up.
The danger of
military interventions in the name of human rights is
that they are inevitably selective and used to promote
the interests of those intervening -- just as when they
were made in the name of "civilization" and
Christianity. If war goes ahead, the prospect for Iraq
must be of a kind of return to the semi-colonial era
before 1958, when the country was the pivot of western
power in the region, Britain maintained military bases
and an "adviser" in every ministry and
landowning families like Ahmad Chalabi of the INC's were
a law unto themselves. There were also 10,000 political
prisoners, parties were banned, the press censored and
torture commonplace. As President Bush would say, it
looks like the re-run of a bad movie.-- Seumas
Milne The Guardian dated Feb. 4, 2003 |
As the United States of
AmeriKKKa and its running dog Great Britain feverishly attempt
to sway world opinion or at least the white part of it, to
acquiescing to waging war on a feeble war and economic sanctions
decimated nation like Iraq, most observers despite the compliant
corporate media's unwavering support of Bush's imperialistic
agenda have serious reservations about the morality and
justification for the coming carnage and slaughter. Will
AmeriKKKa unleash their own weapons of mass destruction on the
poor war-torn Iraqi people? Of course it will be like the
neighborhood bullies picking on the a poor cripple as the
neighbors watch afraid the bullies will turn on them.
But there is hope, the
neighbors are stirring and some are even becoming vocal in their
opposition to not only the coming war but the policies that will
follow. Make no mistake AmeriKKKa will win the war and depose
Saddam Hussein without much of a fight. That is just the
beginning. Once they have deposed Hussein they must set up a
puppet government, supply an occupational force to control the
oil fields, cities and the countryside. Bush in his simpleminded
manner talks about "liberating Iraq" but that is not
what is going to happen.
The Iraq scenario will be
like the "liberation" of Afghanistan a year ago, the
government will change, a pro Western puppet will be installed,
the oil companies will divvy up the oil fields once the oil
field fires are brought under control, but there will be resistance
enmity and hatred massive towards the AmeriKKKans due to the
collateral damage and havoc the bombs and missile attacks bring.
U.S. soldiers and mercenaries will have to watch their
backs constantly as well as protect the puppet regime from
assassination. The Bush cabal is like a hard hearted predatory
womanizer who once the have their way with their victim, get
what they want, they abandon them just like they did to the
Afghani people in 1980's and 2001.
AmeriKKKan imperialism in
the name of human rights is the worst kind of hypocrisy. We've
seen it over and over, in Haiti, Cuba, South America Vietnam,
Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines. The AmeriKKKan Empire has bases
in 30-50 countries depending on whose figures you use, it is
covertly involved in most of the trouble spots in the world
either as an arms dealer, provocateur, military advisor,
"peace keeper" or "liberator." Quiet as its
kept we should have learned our lessons from Viet Nam, Panama,
Grenada and Gulf Wars, the government lies and operates on
behalf of the ruling elites who covet the gold, oil, and drugs our
young men and women shed their blood and die for unbeknownst to
them.
The actual fighting in the
Iraqi war will be swift and devastating; however, the aftermath
and end game will be long, drawn out and cumbersome. The U.S.
has maintained occupational forces in German, Japan, the
Philippines and numerous other nations for over fifty years,
that's how long this thing in Iraq, Afghanistan and who knows
where else, will drag on only unlike Germany and Japan, there
will be hostile activity against them! And this doesn't address
the situation with North Korea which has an army willing to kick
some serious AmeriKKKan butt hand to hand or long range. Korea
has nuclear weapons and a disciplined army Georgie boy and his
chickenhearted inner circle who have never fought in war don't
want any part of.
POSITIVELY BLACK (2/3/03) |
