The GOP lied to you about the Iraq War… the Tea Party is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the GOP under a “dummy corporation” (they’re NOT populists)… that means that the Tea Party will lie whenever it suits them. Any questions? (the Dems lie too… but they aren’t as good at putting on a sweetly pious face as Sectarians are.)
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The USA will do anything to keep Iraq in its sphere of influence…
To say that the Iraq campaign is over is premature, despite all the assurances from the Obama administration, according to the majority of Russian politicians and experts who commented on the 31 August statement of President Obama announcing the troop withdrawal from that country. For Washington, now, economics is more important than politics, as was shown by the leitmotif of Mr Obama’s speech announcing the completion of Operation Iraqi Freedom. President Obama had no other option available, for the midterm congressional elections are coming up, and the welfare of individual Americans is more important to voters than a “hothouse democracy” in a far-away country. After all, the war in Iraq placed an unbearable burden on the US federal budget, and therefore, upon taxpayers affected by the current economic crisis. In addition, the death of nearly 4,500 of their countrymen during the Iraq war isn’t much of an inspiration for the people of the “bulwark of freedom and democracy”.
Remember that the USA announced last week that the “last combat unit” had withdrawn from Iraq, and they officially declared an end to the active stage of operations. Orientalist Vladimir Akhmedov told VOR, “Combat units are far from gone [from the area], though, they’re based in neighbouring Kuwait. Besides that, in Iraq itself, there are still 50,000 American military personnel. I can’t definitively say that they wouldn’t return at some time. It all depends on how events in Iraq play out, on how successful the new political institutions are. Indeed, in the end, the Americans failed to create anything lasting and significant. At any time, the situation could flare up, and one wonders who will then extinguish it. Ultimately, it may not come down to a confrontation with Iran or al Qaeda, but, rather, a struggle with the Sunni resistance. It’s not a pleasant scenario, but we can’t exclude it”.
Senator Vadim Gustov, a member of the Federation Council (the upper chamber of the Russian parliament), said, “The White House made a big mistake with the military operation in Iraq. Their rationale for deploying troops to Iraq was false, for there were no nuclear or chemical weapons there. Yes, the USA removed Saddam Hussein, but they couldn’t impose their will on the Iraqis. As a result, the political structure of Iraq was destroyed, which could lead to a bitter struggle for power”.
Therefore, for now, Iraq has a “New Dawn”… that’s what the Americans say with their penchant for overly rosy rhetoric. President Obama tried to buck up Iraqis, “Now, the responsibility for the fate of Iraq lies with its citizens”. It brings to mind another incident. Once more, the procurator {Pilate: editor} washes his hands. All over again, “I’m not responsible for what happens”.
4 September 2010
Sergei Anisimov
Voice of Russia World Service
http://rus.ruvr.ru/2010/09/04/18698047.html
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