We went into Iraq to spread Democracy (like a virus) and freedom. We took down a violent dictator and raised up a new and glorious republic in his place. We shattered the chains of bondage and blah, blah, blah...
Let's tell the truth here. We took out the only completely secular government in the Middle East and replaced it with a Koran based constitution. We found the only government in an Arab nation that made women's rights an actuality, and replaced that government with a power base that considers women little more than cattle.
Sounds like I'm complaining, doesn't it? That's not what we do here...
I have heard time and again on television and radio that "No occupation has ever worked", and the like. I beg to differ. There has never been an occupation without the occasional problem, but several have worked out quite well in favor of the occupying force.
The Romans made an Empire out of occupied lands. The Germans were doing all right in France until those pesky Allies showed up. The most succesful occupation of all time was the occupation of Japan by U.S. Forces at the end of WW2.
We have got to take the term "politically correct" out of our vocabulary, especially when it comes to war. We should have (and still could) occupied Iraq like we meant it. Martial Law in the streets and on the borders. Re-education of the population, beginning with the children. We had no problem taking Native American children from their parents in order to teach them how to be "free Americans". Why not do the same with a bunch of little Arab kids 7,000 miles away. Let's face it, only about half of them will survive to adulthood in the environment we have created there, anyway.
If we were to actually teach the principles behind our freedom to the citizens of Iraq, they would do just as the Japanese did, and accept a better way of life. Once they got their head around the concepts of democracy and freedom, Iraqis would assimilate nicely. If we could simply let go of the idea that everyone thinks like we do(they don't) and force feed economic theory and democratic practice down their throats, we would have a good thing going there inside of ten years. The way things are right now, we'll blow a truckload of money in Iraq for another 5 to 10 years and then pull out with no return on our investment.
We could reeducate the populace, rebuild Iraq as a power platform for our interests in the Middle East, establish permanent military bases, and pay for it all with Iraqi oil.
I know, I know, its all a little too harsh for the average American to handle.
So is going overseas and getting shot at, losing friends, being investigated for being "mean" or "insensitive" to the guy with the RPG, all so we can turn the country over to a group of people who will inevitably turn on us.
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Really, America?...
2 comments:
I find it disgusting that you look at the action in Iraq as an investment. We had no business going there in the first place, and those poor people certainly don't deserve the kind of brainwashing fascism that you are talking about.
I find it amusing that you pretend to care at all. Since we had no business going in there, you just absolved yourself from having to deal with it, didn't you? If you can't propose a better way to deal,don't post.
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