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Friday, April 13, 2007 ;

8:23 PM

Left I on the News: CONVENTIONAL "WISDOM" ON IRAQ

A lot of people, politicians and pundits and "regular" people, take the attitude that "we" just can't leave Iraq, because we'll be abandoning the Iraqi people to chaos, and the occupation is the only thing preventing that from happening. This is something you hear from people who supported the war but now say they realize it was a bad idea (but they still don't think we can actually leave) as well as from people who were opposed to the war from the start. This line is said with absolute authority - the speaker knows this is what will happen if U.S. forces leave Iraq.

Even if this conventional wisdom were true, it wouldn't justify an illegal occupation. But there's one more little problem though - by a 2-1 margin, the Iraqi people, who are in a lot better position to know than American politicians and pundits, don't think it's true! This is what I think is the key result of a new poll (pdf link) that the media are writing and talking about. The question was, "do you believe that the security situation in Iraq will get better or worse in the immediate weeks following a withdrawal of Multi National Forces?" 29% said it would get "a great deal better," 24% said "a little better," and 6% said "stay the same." Only 26% thought it would get a little or a lot worse. So that's three out of five Iraqis, a clear majority, who think that the security situation in Iraq will not get worse, and only one in four who think it will get worse.
With all the coverage of this poll I've read and heard, though, (e.g., Washington Post, New York Times), not a single one has highlighted the result of this particular question, which relates directly to the major rationale offered why U.S. troops have to stay in Iraq. Funny, that.

http://www.iraqwarnews.net/

\\ we have all heard about the war happening between the US and Iraq. the question is, who has won, and who lost?

Claiming that Iraq has to have a proper leader and government, the US took the chance to fight their way through the Iraq grounds, accusing them of hiding warcraft and machinery. What? Is that all they can offer as an excuse to start this WAR?! How many young men have died, how many families ruined, how much tears and heartbreak? All these at the expense of the greed of the US government, who is, apparently, eyeing on the rich natural resources below the land of Iraq.

Funny that US abuse their authority and their stand in the world; so what if it is the most developed and influential country? Yes, the fact is, that actually counts. That gave them the green light to pick on other nations and take what they want for themselves. Was it fair? No. Was it justified? No. Was it beneficial? No. Then- why hasn't anyone stepped out to stop the US? Why hasn't anyone protested openly to the US government, and offered a better alternative? Because all are cowards, they have no courage to open their mouths in front of the lion, in this case, the US. All are too afraid to be implicated into this war of authority, all were keeping their thoughts to themselves in fear of being attacked, too.

Is this the political scene we want to see happening to the world? i believe everyone has a better answer to what's really happening now. Don't cover up anymore, the world, the politics all need a revolution- a global revolution. Not to one nation, not to one league, but every single one of us deserves a change now, for the batter future.

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