Originally Posted by
harrisomi
I wish to state clearly, my opinion on this continued, and seemingly unending war in Iraq.
The US military did its job. It did it four years ago. It should come home. A continued active military combat presense, does not "fight for my freedom" nor "defend my safety", and any politican that states so, is using fear based rhetoric as a shallow excuse for failed purposes and policies.
The faliure of Iraq, also occurred four years ago, when the architects of this war, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rice etc, used precious post combat efforts to find the nonexistent WMD, instead of establishing a localized politicial coalition of those who suffered the most under Sadam, to begin a tradition of governing trust between the US military and the Iraqi people. The political effort failed then, and continues to fail today.
Now the US military, which did what was asked and expected of it, continues to sacrifice the daily separation from home, family and personal life, as well as the fear of life or death and the personal agony of killed campanions. Instead of rewarding the military for a job well done and completed by bringing them home for a hero's welcome, the policy making politicans punish them by pursuing an open ended war without a clear defination of what success is, and pushes the blame on other politicans who wish to bring home the troops.
From a political, economic, foreign relations, and domestic point of view, this war has caused more grief that it has alleviated. It has not stablized the region and in fact has allowed the balance of power to shift in such a way, as to create more instability. My question would be; Is that the real intent? Because if it wasn't, then the resulting current situation can lead to the only conclusion, that any other possilbe stated goals have failed.
I wish for a miracle in the desert. I have dinars which I hope will be valued based upon a stable thriving government and economy. Isn't that what you wish for also? Without those two elements, we idle away our time with pipe dream predictions & rumors, knowing our dinars are only as good as the society from which they come. As long as that society is brutalized from within or without, through the political failures of the war's architiects, we too, who hold dinars are also brutalized. The majority of our hope for a revaluation is directly tied to a peaceful society. End the war, and prosper in peace.
wish us all success(and for a miracle in the desert)
harrisomi