Gary Norris Gray
THE
AMERICAN INTIFADAH
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The United States of America has done something only the 1920-1930 British Government accomplished. Unified Iraq. This does not surprise this writer at all, the American political machine and the American military are going down the path of no return in Iraq--a path that is well known in the Middle East for the last forty-eight years. Just ask the Sharon Government in Tel Aviv.
The current Bush Administration is creating a new American INTIFADAH. America should have learned from the experience that the British Middle East forces had after World War One. The Kurds, Sunnis, and Shi'ite joined forces to throw out the imperial British military. History is now repeating itself and we are the witnesses to this historical event. This is not good for America nor is it positive for the Middle East.
The Bush Administration has created a new Iraqi political and cultural unified front. Sunni, Shi'ites, and Kurds are now one, fighting against another western invader just like the 1930 British Iraqi government. It is making unification of this diverse Moslem country easier.
The first question Americans should ask. Are these military actions creating a politically divided Iraq? If one can remember the war in the Balkans fifteen years ago it was a united Yugoslavia that became divided into many small political entities. The same could be happening in Iraq. The northwest would belong to the KURDS, in the west SUNNI, and in the southeast would be SHI'ITE. This could be the future of Iraq if this war continues.
Many military and political mistakes have been made within last few weeks. These mistakes can be viewed as the epitome of political bloopers. Reports of raped Iraqi woman and pictures of nude Iraqi men have inflamed the entire Moslem world from Indonesia to Morocco and from Belgium to Canada. Last week people all over the world saw pictures of an Iraqi soldier with a hood over his head and electrical wires attached to his fingers and toes. Needless to say if you saw these pictures they were very disconcerting.
The Iraqi fighters counter days later with the beheading of an American worker. This unwarranted violence just escalates with each inhuman act. These acts are similar to what happened in Palestine within the last forty-eight years.
America the defender of freedom, the defenders of human rights, land of liberty, justice, and freedom; but some of American's best committed war crimes against Iraqi prisoners. This is not new, war is a very ugly business and sometimes people get out of control. Americans should have learned this from Viet Nam War. The questions should be where did the orders come from and who knew about these orders.
There are eleven other reasons why this war is politically incorrect and should end as soon as possible.
1. When this war started two years ago the Coalition forces did not capture any arms from the retreating and surrendering Republican Guards. These arms are now being used in every Iraqi City against American and British Forces. Road ambushes are now commonplace day and night. Anybody with any kind of fighting experience or common military sense could have prevented or limited these on going attacks.
2. The United States refused to heed the advice of the United Nations two years ago; A request was made not to invade Iraq. Most of the world did not want Baghdad to be involved in another war. Two years later the Bush-Blair Administrations want and need the aid of the United Nations in Iraq.
3. The Bush-Blair administrations formed an Iraqi Coalition Government. They did not ask the people of Iraq nor did the population of Iraq have any vote (say) in this new provincial government. The Bush-Blair Administrations selected Iraqi's that were pro-western which created conflict within the state of Iraq.
4. The Western Coalition wanted a Western style of government not an Islamic Cleric State. Something the religious Mullahs and Imam's refuse to recognize. The new radical leader Mullah al-Sadr, in the Holy City of Karbala has stated time and time again that Iraq is a Moslem state. We cannot forget this. It would be the same if an invading force came to America and told the American government we are no longer a Christian State. Everything with GOD on it must be removed. The reaction would be the same in American streets.
We are requesting the changing of the Iraqi flag and deleting the phrase "God is Great", from the new flag. The new national Iraqi flag does not contain the three basic Moslem Holy colors of Red, Green, and Black. Is this a subtle censure against Islam by the Bush and Blair Administrations?
5. The reason given for the war with Iraqi was the search to find (WMD) Weapons of Mass Destruction. It has been over one and a half years now and these weapons have yet to be found. The American people should be asking where are they or better yet, did they ever exist in the first place? This fact was the main reason the Bush-Blair Administrations wanted to invade Iraq. Was this a war for President George W. Bush to avenge his father's assassination attempt by Iraqi individuals on Saudi Arabian soil, or is this a war to acquire future oil supplies for the western world?
6. The coalition stated that once Saddam was captured the Iraqi army would stop fighting and create a free Iraq. Saddam Hussein was captured in early April. The fighting continued. Saddam son's were surrounded and killed in January in a bitter firefight that lasted all day, and the fighting continued. The statue of Saddam in the City of Baghdad was dismantled amongst the crowd cheering Iraqi's. One year later, these same crowds are throwing (RPG's), Rocket Propelled Grenades, rocks, and bullets at coalition troops. The fighting has just gotten much worse in the Sunni triangle and the Cities of Fallujah, Najaf, and Tikrit.
7. The American people should be questioning the use of force in Iraq. President Bush stood on a battle ship with a big sign stating MISSION ACOMPLISHED one year ago.
Sorry Mr. President, it looks like it is not over yet. We are at the beginning of a long drawn out conflict, one that may never end.
8. The Bush Administration had to be dragged into last months congressional hearings in Washington on Iraq. Security Council Dr. Rice and other Bush Administrators were reluctant to give information in the investigations. The administration held firm until the American Public outcry became a deafening noise. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dr. Rice, Rumsfield, Vice President Chaney, and President Bush all testified to the Committee.
9. The Bush-Blair Administrations have stated time and time again that they want moderate Moslem states in the Middle East. They want an Islamic Reform Republic with a Western style of government. Many Americans are having problems with a Christian state telling a Moslem State what it can be. The question should be asked. "Are we (The United States) headed for an American INTIFADAH in the Middle East"? Will we replicate the Israeli form of governmental problems over Palestine in Iraq? Could America be simulating the Jewish State? Will we see suicide bombers daily, against the coalition, British, and American forces? Will we see the blowing up of American trains, planes, and buildings? It could happen. The Atlantic and Pacific oceans no longer protect America. The new INTIFIDAH could exist on American shores.
10. When American and Coalition troops are captured by Iraqi forces in combat the Bush-Blair Administrations want these individuals to be treated with the Geneva Conventions rules and regulations of war. But when American forces capture Iraqi forces the Bush-Blair Administrations call these individuals willing combatants not in accordance to the same Geneva Conventions rules of war. Sorry, Mr. President and Prime Minister Blair you can't have it both ways.
The Bush and Blair Administrations have sent messages to Syria, Iran, India, Pakistan, and Libya that no Moslem nation should ever possess Nuclear Weapons. These two new western super powers have warned Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Chad about electing radical Moslems, Radical Imams, or Radical Clerics. If these Moslem States elect these so called radicals the western powers would intercede and change that government by force if necessary.
11. This valid political threat comes directly from the political leadership of the United States and Great Britain. It sounds like a very masterful and deceptive way of trying to re-colonize the whole Middle East region. It may well be a way to make the Middle East emulate the Western World. THIS IS THE NEW AMERICAM INTIFADAH !
The Bush and Blair administrations should understand that not everybody wants to walk, talk, think, dress, speak, or pray like the Western World. The Western world might not be the best thing for some people yet it is apparent that these powerful leaders cannot see this.
THAT IS THE GRAYLINE !
