Is Iraq the Battlefield against Terrrorism ?
No. It is the broken shell of a country that was left after the Gulf War of 1991,
a country that was crushed by the US and Allies military might, and held at
bay through brutal sanctions for 12 years. 12 years of imposed hardships on the
people as punishment for having been left with the dictator that we placed there falling
out of favor with the Bush-1 Administration after being rewarded by the Reagan Administration
for being our bulldog and having a million of thier people killed in our proxie fight against Iran.
Bush-2 went into office with a single minded intent on finishing thier families revenge against
Saddam, as he was not allowed to prove to the world that he had, in fact, disarmed.
The people of Iraq continued to be punished with sanctions in the hopes that they would
rise up against him, like those did at the end of Gulf-1, where while we were point blank in your
face there, stood by and let his remaining Army wipe out those who dared show opposition.
Damn, we had just stomped his Army, and had them on the run, and we stepped aside and
let them re-group then we looked and yawned as his remaining troops crushed the feeble resistance.
Yes sir, I really think that they have learned to trust the US policies there,
It's not a Battlefield against Terrorism, it's a symbol of what happens to a country if Paranoid
leaders who are absolutely ignorant of the world and it's ways find themselves floundering in
a mess that they made and don't really care about - unless it's for thier millionare benefactors.
Terrorist Organizations are not going to be fighting us in Iraq, they are going to punish us and
those who were good little puppies and fell in line to accept the payment of concession.
Iraqis are going to be fighting us stealthy and cunningly, when they see a nick in our armour.
Get a little careless here, a little complacency there, they have centuries to go - it's their country.
They have been through this before, several times in multi-thousands of years, it's our turn now.
And all the time that we are making a big thing about Iraq and it being a battleground against terrorism,
the real terrorists will be selling you slurpies, answering your Tech Calls in India, golfing with OJ -
and we'll never be looking for the Real Killers.