Today, While I was talking to my friend,we happened to have an argument over Iraq war issue. We both though were trying to get at something very similar, we had an argument about whether its appropriate to get out of Iraq or is it appropriate to stay there and settle things no matter even if it is for 100 years.
Quick glance on whats actually Iraq war?
Iraq war is supposedly operation Iraqi freedom began with the invasion of US and allied forces into Iraq in late march of 2007. Though there were countries like India, China etc etc opposing this war, there were also countries like Australia, UK who were prime allies of war. All though legality and rationality of invasion of US allied forces into Iraq is widely debated world wide and with in US, its proposed principal rationale was operation against possession of WMD( Weapons of mass destruction) in violation of 1991 agreement by Iraq. However upon invasion it was discovered by weapons inspectors that Iraq had suspended its WMD program back in 1991. Although some earlier degraded remnants of abandoned WMD were found they were not the weapons for which the coalition invaded in to that territory. Furthermore claims were made about Saddam’s coalition with Al Qaeda but no proof of any kind of association has been found till date. Later efforts of diverting reasons of invasion towards Saddam’s hand in 9/11, Saddam’s support for Palestine suicide bombers, Iraqi people’s human right violation etc went futile.
Scape Goat!?
All though the invasion into Iraq was collective decision later President Bush has been made a scape goat by holding him alone responsible for new born asymmetric warfare with civil war, Shia Sunni violence, Iraqi insurgency and of course opportunistic foreign and inland militant operations. That is not it. It engendered death of more than million people, left innumerable homeless, innumerable children homeless, parent less, shelter less, food less and I think list goes on. Nevertheless that was a total screw up and that not being sufficient it procreated difference of opinions and escapism.
My point was, What is more important? getting the begotten problem solved or maligning one another? This question used to spawn in my mind few years back. Recently sired question was whether it is appropriate to get out of Iraq immediately?
I used to find it really humorous, when ever I heard candidates saying I want to get our troops back. Definitely they need to come back, but what will be the outcome of this premature withdrawal? Let me comeback to this later.
Whats happening in Iraq?
Fights between Shea and Sunni, militant insurgency, foreign fueling for militant operations, other than all this, there is also a struggle for existence by a common man. Need of food and shelter and struggle to get these can make this common man any time fall into farmer categories. Even after this struggle for food and basic things is over it can leave generations of people without education and work and that can give rise to another Afghanistan. And need may spur up to have to send in more troops to that place some time soon because of this premature withdrawal from Iraq.
Hmm and I am sure neither, McCain, nor Clinton nor Obama would let this happen. Even though democrats are putting that point forward of bringing troops home very soon, and McCain claiming to sty there for 100 years doesn’t anybody know, no matter who gets into oval office, getting out of Iraq would be of around same time :-)? So Iraq isn’t even a point of discussion out there. Democrats meant immediate withdrawal and McCain 100 years are conceit statements. Aren’t they?
Here are few clips about how we argued :-)
(F) is what my friend
(I) is what I said
argument was being made,( F)its not possible to stay there for 100 years like Mccain says (I)and neither is it possible to get out immediately, (F) Yeah its not possible, So its time Iraq should take care of itself, nobody is getting out immediately. (I)Hmm that’s sad, wasn’t Iraq taking care of itself? Now after invading a country that was settled for centuries and making it flat, how can we expect them to manage all by themselves so soon? Hmm they are not able to manage all by themselves aid needs to be flown from here (F)so its your money and its my money.(I) I know its Your money and Its my money, but can we suck blood out of those homeless people to save my money and your money.(F) Yeah we cannot expect, but we cannot look after them for ever. Make them learn look after themselves.
So point tonight is
That’s right. Make them look after themselves, make sure they are capable of doing that , then get out of Iraq with troops to avoid sending in more troops sometime soon and avoid that becoming another Afghanistan. What do you say?
Couldn’t it be possible that KGB moved WMD’S even before invasion? ;_) . He is searching for them.
