America's War - The more things change...
February 5th 2007 10:13
From the start of the Iraq war I have always believed that the United States invaded (for want of a better word) a sovereign nation under false pretences to oust an unpopular leader. As the rest of the world watches as the continuous slaughter in Iraq of both American servicemen, Iraqi security forces as well as civilians slips into anarchy I believe that the United States never planned on this degradation. Now that they're there there is no simple exit. In fact there is no exit without some major complications in the future.
Now that Saddam has been successfully deposed of there is something now a middle east vacuum where Iran who has its fingers in both Syria and by extension Lebanon along with helping to fund Hamas in Palestine as well as sending insurgents over the border to destabilize Iraq. The White House now has no choice but to be in Iraq to try and keep Iran out of Iraqs business. They have already declred they have an interest in helping Iraq militarily and in banking. No wonder the US is afraid of Iran even without the nuclear weapons. The last thing the Americans need is for a sworn enemy to control the majority of the region.
The Americans are now in a no win situation. They stay, they become a part of the slide into civil war which they can't control but can try and keep Irans involvement to a minimum or they leave and the war escalates at a faster rate with the help of Iran whose aims are for control.
To me this is all sounding very reminiscent of the days before world war II where the Germans even went to the extent of signing a non aggression pact with Poland and Chamberlain claimed after meeting with Hitler that "We shall have peace in our time!" There was peace until Hitler broke the pact. Fast forward to today and the Iranians claim that the the nuclear reactors are for peaceful purposes only, but on the other hand wants to wipe Israel off the map. History is there to learn from the mistakes of the past. Whether the west has learnt to recognize danger and knows it's history with the events leading up to world war II only time will tell.
Now that Saddam has been successfully deposed of there is something now a middle east vacuum where Iran who has its fingers in both Syria and by extension Lebanon along with helping to fund Hamas in Palestine as well as sending insurgents over the border to destabilize Iraq. The White House now has no choice but to be in Iraq to try and keep Iran out of Iraqs business. They have already declred they have an interest in helping Iraq militarily and in banking. No wonder the US is afraid of Iran even without the nuclear weapons. The last thing the Americans need is for a sworn enemy to control the majority of the region.
The Americans are now in a no win situation. They stay, they become a part of the slide into civil war which they can't control but can try and keep Irans involvement to a minimum or they leave and the war escalates at a faster rate with the help of Iran whose aims are for control.
To me this is all sounding very reminiscent of the days before world war II where the Germans even went to the extent of signing a non aggression pact with Poland and Chamberlain claimed after meeting with Hitler that "We shall have peace in our time!" There was peace until Hitler broke the pact. Fast forward to today and the Iranians claim that the the nuclear reactors are for peaceful purposes only, but on the other hand wants to wipe Israel off the map. History is there to learn from the mistakes of the past. Whether the west has learnt to recognize danger and knows it's history with the events leading up to world war II only time will tell.
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