Time To Re-Think Our Strategies
We who oppose this war in Iraq need to come to terms with a disturbing reality: it's too late for debating the issue. We are already embedded there. We've already made our move.
As much as I hate to admit this, pulling out now would prove disastrous to America in the future. Iraq is not Vietnam. We are not dealing with Communists. Our actions from this point forward will have direct consequences on our national safety. Terrorists from one nation we chose to ignore for years successfully attacked us once. Iraq has far more resources than Afghanistan ever had. We cannot allow Iraq to become a breeding ground for more terrorists -- as it is currently.
How do we change this?
The way I see it, Iraq was a nation because of a strong dictatorship, and only because of a strong dictatorship. It would be un-American to re-install another dictator. But the three ethnic factions within Iraq will not come together. It just will not happen.
What I propose is that we create three distinct democracies. We should have a Kurdish nation in the north, a Shiite nation in the south and a Sunni nation between.
Hatred among these factions run too deep. America, powerful as it is, cannot weaken the animosity. What we can do, however, is create democracies within the groups. Then, we will be able to use our military might to protect these democracies -- from each other and from neighboring states like Iran and Syria -- and our economic might to help the three young nations springboard to economic stability.
Please note that this in no way exempts George W. Bush from his terrible errors and mishandling of Iraq. He has done nothing but make our nation weaker and less safe from the threat of global terror.
What this can do, however, is help to insure that we do not have a continuing crisis that becomes an even stronger breeding ground for men and women bent on our destruction.
It's time to change our strategy. Before it is too late.
As much as I hate to admit this, pulling out now would prove disastrous to America in the future. Iraq is not Vietnam. We are not dealing with Communists. Our actions from this point forward will have direct consequences on our national safety. Terrorists from one nation we chose to ignore for years successfully attacked us once. Iraq has far more resources than Afghanistan ever had. We cannot allow Iraq to become a breeding ground for more terrorists -- as it is currently.
How do we change this?
The way I see it, Iraq was a nation because of a strong dictatorship, and only because of a strong dictatorship. It would be un-American to re-install another dictator. But the three ethnic factions within Iraq will not come together. It just will not happen.
What I propose is that we create three distinct democracies. We should have a Kurdish nation in the north, a Shiite nation in the south and a Sunni nation between.
Hatred among these factions run too deep. America, powerful as it is, cannot weaken the animosity. What we can do, however, is create democracies within the groups. Then, we will be able to use our military might to protect these democracies -- from each other and from neighboring states like Iran and Syria -- and our economic might to help the three young nations springboard to economic stability.
Please note that this in no way exempts George W. Bush from his terrible errors and mishandling of Iraq. He has done nothing but make our nation weaker and less safe from the threat of global terror.
What this can do, however, is help to insure that we do not have a continuing crisis that becomes an even stronger breeding ground for men and women bent on our destruction.
It's time to change our strategy. Before it is too late.
posted by E-Luv at 12:40 PM
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