Bush Still Screwing Iraq And America
By Sam Hamod
10 June, 2004
Information Clearing HouseNot only did Bush succeed in putting his puppets back into the governance of Iraq, he also stabbed Brahimi and the UN in the back—all to the detriment of Iraq. Allawi is nothing but a Bush agent. Brahimi put it clearly when he said, “Bremer is the dictator of Iraq. He has the money. He has the signature.” As a diplomat, it was the strongest possible language he could use without being fired from the UN. Even Kofi Annan has been unhappy with Bush’s behavior, but he must also be aware that the U.S. has such influence at the UN they could undermine him just as they did Butros Ghali Ghali when he tried to help make the UN more independent of Bush and America.
This new mess in Iraq will get worse and worse; killings will increase, and bloodshed will spread throughout the land because of Bush’s doing. Thus, the guilt of the deaths in Iraq are on Bush’s head. Many in the international community feel he should be tried for war crimes when he leaves office; we’ll see if this happens or if he just goes back to his “ranch” in Crawford and continues making his absurd pronouncements matters about which he knows little.
This morning, many in the Iraqi security force in Fallujah were attacked for the first time since General Latif was put in charge, with Americans withdrawing. But few know this attack occurred because the Americans told the Iraqis they were going to come in with them and do a joint patrol. This patrol was a violation of the cease fire in Fallujah, and since things were peaceful, the Americans were not to come in again. But, as usual, America cannot allow peace to prevail in Iraq—so they once again upset the apple cart—on purpose. More devilment. American rhetoric is always of peace, but American actions are always for war and chaos in Iraq.
Also, just outside of Fallujah, which helped cause the unrest, American troops attacked some people in their homes, when the people resisted their brutal search methods. This led to the killing of over a dozen Iraqis, many of them women and children. No one in the US media or the US government ever wonders what type of threat women and children are because our troops kill so many of them. Have you ever wondered about this yourself? If so, why not ask your congressperson to question the military about this. Or are you and they willing to just keep calling this by the euphemism of “collateral damage”? Think about how far US morality has slipped since Clinton and GW Bush.
America is now thinking of sending troops back into Fallujah, now that many of the insurgent fighters have been disarmed. But they may be making a big mistake because many of the Iraqi security force may turn on the Americans, because many of them are Sunni Baathists who live in, or have relatives in, Fallujah. But, as usual, the American military is being led by Bush and Rumsfeld who are fools, and military leaders in Iraq such as Kimmit, Abizaid and others who are fools—or devils who want to keep the Iraqi pot boiling. Either way, it will not be good for Iraqis or for American troops who will be killed or maimed in the process. Add to this, that the Iraqi and the American economies will continue to suffer major losses and further instability. America has already been warned by the IMF about the instability of the dollar and the Iraqi currency—but Bush just ignores these warnings as if they don’t matter. In time, America will realize that Bush has taken them further down the path of debt, first started by Ronald Reagan; but, this time, it may not be reversible according to some prominent Nobel Prize wining economists.
Dr. Brahimi had asked that none of the Iraqi Governing Council be Prime Minister or President, but Bush made sure he was ignored. Ayatollah Sistani has given tentative approval, but only with great reservations, to this new “interim government.” But, if the truth be known, Sistani is disappointed in the Bush influence, the keeping of US troops in control, and most of the Iraqis do not support this new Bush government. France should have never given in on the UN resolution, even with the changes Bush/Blair put into it. But, the deed is done, now more hell will reign in Iraq. More people will die.
More people will be maimed. More people will go poor in Iraq and in America because of the war in Iraq. But, this war in Iraq will never end until America leaves, either by force or voluntarily just as they had to leave Viet Nam.
America’s standing in the Arab and Muslim world will continue to be further tarnished; trust in the US going down the drain at an alarming rate. It is hard to see how this can be repaired because of the actions by the US in Najaf, Karbala and Kufa, as well as in Fallujah, Mosul and Baghdad. Add to this that Kerry has not given an alternative policy for Iraq—so even if he wins, things may not get any better unless he awakens from his stupor that has cloaked him from the Democratic Leadership Committee or the Democratic National Committee and the Zionists who surround him.
This brings us to the center of the problem that helped to cause Iraq in the first place.
Zionist influence in American politics will continue to hinder this nation unless this yoke of barbarity and total support for the immoral behavior of Israel toward the Palestinians is thrown off. But that is not likely, because both parties are heavily influenced by Zionists in the government and moneyed people from without, even from Israel itself that sends money through certain of its political action committees like AIPAC, the ADL and others. I don’t see much hope for our nation, America, unless we get our act together and regain some moral stature through improved behavior in the world.
At this time, even though Bush was able to get agreement at the UN on his resolution on Iraq, he has taken our nation down the road to ruin as a world leader that could be turned to for honesty, truth, ethics, morality and democracy. We are nothing but a neo-colonial power that will have its time, but like the rest of the colonialists, it will break our economy, break our moral will and will ultimately ruin what is left of our democracy in America (and that is going fast; note that Attorney General Ashcroft has refused to allow the senate, even in classified hearings, to turn over memos between the Justice Department and President Bush, as of yesterday when responding to Senator Feinstein and others on the Senate Judiciary Committee!) Our very fabric of government is being ripped to shreds by these neo-cons and their minions who are trying to destroy the balances of power within our government in order to give all power to the president.
Thus, it is not only Iraq that is going down, so too is our country, at an alarming and terrible rate.
Sam Hamod is a former advisor to the State Department; he writes on world affairs; he may be reached at [email protected]