Iraqis Who Once Believed In US

Once we leave, Iraq will become a ward of Iran. The mullahs will keep Iraq unsettled; one, to embarrass the U.S.; and, two, to deny the population the space and tranquility to establish democratic systems. To jihadis, a successful Iraq is unacceptable. Iraq has already assumed the pariah status of Israel in the region.

Unlike Israel, secular Iraq has no roots. All pretense to the contrary, Iraq will become a killing fields. The life of every Iraqi who is said to have cooperated with the Americans will be in jeopardy.

In the short term, violence can be expected to increase steadily and, as JB says, for our remaining troops there the danger will escalate. POTUS will try to keep the American domestic scene riled up and unstable, so we won’t notice what’s happening elsewhere. He will say that he ended Bush’s war in Iraq - a war we should never have started. He will conveniently omit mention of 9/11 that triggered it. And that the whole exercise was a key part in an overall strategic plan to pacify the region, preserve the free flow of oil, and enhance Israel’s security by bookending Iran which had already become a menace. In any case, the WTC attacks could not go unanswered. Retaliation almost never scores precisely. Often, simply having retaliated must suffice.

As we now barely remember 9/11, the exercise seems wasted (especially since we failed to achieve our goals). This is not the fault of our military or of Bush. The Iraq initiative has been politicized from the start. It became a political football reflecting not so much the situation on the ground in the Middle East, but the political situation within our own country.

As far as Democrats were concerned, the sole object of the war was to make Bush look bad; so bad, in fact, that we now have our first half white, half black Muslim president. The war in Iraq was effectively over when Barack Hussein Obama was elected. We didn’t even fight to a draw. We lost outright. Now Iraq can be flushed down the toilet along with the American Constitution. And, as has already happened so many times around the world, Iraqis who once believed in us will now curse us to our graves. And we will have deserved it.

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