Why are we still there? Part II
In a previous post, I talked about how confidence in the U.S.-led coalition is almost non-existent among Iraqis. Now, the situation in Iraq may soon get even more hectic.
First, if we go back to yesterday, we’d see that tens of thousands of Shiites took to the streets to protest the U.S. still being in Iraq four years after the fall of Baghdad. Fortunately, these were peaceful protests. However, this could also be construed as a show of force.
I say this because of what happened the day before. Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on all Iraqis to stop attacking each other and, instead, turn their focus on attacking U.S. troops. Ironically enough, if such a call were heeded, Iraq could be unified, after all — against us.
In the meantime, the people who want to tell us that “the surge is working” aren’t going to see themselves or their children facing bullets or roadside bombs. Instead, they let the poor fight their battles because they are too vain to admit that they have no clue what they’re doing. So, I continue to ask “why are we still there?”
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