Was listening to a radio talk show today on my way to work. The question posed to the audience was that now with the number of marines killed in Iraq reaching to 1000, was this war justified. It was Bush's opinion that the scenario then, when the war started, was justified and he would stand by that. Kerry opines that the war was the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time.
I was wondering if they ever questioned how many Iraqis died because of the war. Life is so important when it comes to the US citizens. Do we ever put our feet in the shoes of the real victims, the people of Iraq who are not on the front and still bearing the brunt of the war? Here you have the Bush administration, who one fine day out of nowhere brings up Iraq as a serious threat. He makes people believe that they have the WMDs (none found till date), shows up this stupid multimedia presentation in the State of the Union address and tries to prove his point going for the Iraq war. So many people oppose it, within the US and outside. But the administration doesn't care. He asks UN intervention and asks for flying unmanned surveillance aircrafts over Iraq to look for WMDs. No findings. The UN visits Iraq's facilities. They dont find a damn thing. And still, having no rhyme or concrete reason, not taking Germany or France's opinion into account, you go to war. The Iraqis may be questioning if they feel liberated from Saddam or are crucified in the War and resistance that has come up. And damn it, who asked you to liberate Iraq. Did Iraqis come to you asking you to liberate them? And hey, lets step back a little. What was the primary motive behind the war? Putting aside speculations for Oil, did you wage war to liberate the Iraqis? No. You had this screwed up notion after your war with Taliban, that Iraq maybe the next one to avenge you. And so, you create this whole picture of WMDs + US security + Iraqi freedom and what not to wage a war. You blow up US tax money, make the lives of Iraqis even more miserable, create unrest in a country, bring the entire UN to their toes and dont even care to listen to their opinion. That is what people now think about UN even more strongly - a puppet in the hands of the US.
Orrite, now lets say I am from India or Pakistan, and I feel that my neighbour is a serious threat to me because of their nuclear capabilities, the recent Kargil war, the Kashmir instability etc. Would it be acceptable if one of this countries makes their case and starts a war? And hey, we actually had a stand-off sometime back with a million troops lined off on the border. Why weren't the countries, apart from the obviously true humanitarian reasons, allowed to go on war?
As Mr. Putin blasts out, why the hell did you provide an asylum to the Chechenyan "Foreign Minister" who are absolute terrorists in the eyes of Russia. During the post 9/11 war days, we already debated on the fact that one man's terrorist could be other man's freedom fighter. So why is Saddam Hussein a terror to you, while Chechenya is not. And if you have any reason to side Chechenya as a legitimate struggle, how would you classify these people who recently downed 2 Russian passenger planes killing all 89 people on board, a female suicide bomber killing the 9 people outside a subway station and as if that was not enough, holding a school hostage causing death to more than 300 people. To me, these are people of timid and feeble character who conceive they could build a free nation on the graves of innocent children.
Damn Mr. Bush, you keep meddling in everyone's affair when least needed or requested, screw up a region's peace and sit back and justify what you have done is right.
I was wondering if they ever questioned how many Iraqis died because of the war. Life is so important when it comes to the US citizens. Do we ever put our feet in the shoes of the real victims, the people of Iraq who are not on the front and still bearing the brunt of the war? Here you have the Bush administration, who one fine day out of nowhere brings up Iraq as a serious threat. He makes people believe that they have the WMDs (none found till date), shows up this stupid multimedia presentation in the State of the Union address and tries to prove his point going for the Iraq war. So many people oppose it, within the US and outside. But the administration doesn't care. He asks UN intervention and asks for flying unmanned surveillance aircrafts over Iraq to look for WMDs. No findings. The UN visits Iraq's facilities. They dont find a damn thing. And still, having no rhyme or concrete reason, not taking Germany or France's opinion into account, you go to war. The Iraqis may be questioning if they feel liberated from Saddam or are crucified in the War and resistance that has come up. And damn it, who asked you to liberate Iraq. Did Iraqis come to you asking you to liberate them? And hey, lets step back a little. What was the primary motive behind the war? Putting aside speculations for Oil, did you wage war to liberate the Iraqis? No. You had this screwed up notion after your war with Taliban, that Iraq maybe the next one to avenge you. And so, you create this whole picture of WMDs + US security + Iraqi freedom and what not to wage a war. You blow up US tax money, make the lives of Iraqis even more miserable, create unrest in a country, bring the entire UN to their toes and dont even care to listen to their opinion. That is what people now think about UN even more strongly - a puppet in the hands of the US.
Orrite, now lets say I am from India or Pakistan, and I feel that my neighbour is a serious threat to me because of their nuclear capabilities, the recent Kargil war, the Kashmir instability etc. Would it be acceptable if one of this countries makes their case and starts a war? And hey, we actually had a stand-off sometime back with a million troops lined off on the border. Why weren't the countries, apart from the obviously true humanitarian reasons, allowed to go on war?
As Mr. Putin blasts out, why the hell did you provide an asylum to the Chechenyan "Foreign Minister" who are absolute terrorists in the eyes of Russia. During the post 9/11 war days, we already debated on the fact that one man's terrorist could be other man's freedom fighter. So why is Saddam Hussein a terror to you, while Chechenya is not. And if you have any reason to side Chechenya as a legitimate struggle, how would you classify these people who recently downed 2 Russian passenger planes killing all 89 people on board, a female suicide bomber killing the 9 people outside a subway station and as if that was not enough, holding a school hostage causing death to more than 300 people. To me, these are people of timid and feeble character who conceive they could build a free nation on the graves of innocent children.
Damn Mr. Bush, you keep meddling in everyone's affair when least needed or requested, screw up a region's peace and sit back and justify what you have done is right.
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On similar lines: http://www.stallman.org/articles/afghanistan.html
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