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| UmmWafi |
| 04/08/03 at 10:45:34 |
| [slm] Latest newsflash from the coalition front is the choosing of a "temporary" leader once victory is achieved. Apparently an ex-general was chosen because of his good military track record. The man who "doesn't dodge bullets but bites em" is also a war vet which makes him more qualified for the job. Call me clueless but some questions struck me as obvious : 1. Ain't this a war of "liberation not occupation" ? So..uhh...there ain't a single Iraqi good enough to run his country ? So, exactly how does liberty figure in an arrangement where a Muslim country is torn and strifed and eventually ruled, albeit "temporarily" by a non-Muslim ? 2. A military man to replace a military despot. Hmm....okay. So, the signal sent here is that to ensure stability in an Arab land, one must have military power. Not JUST any military power but an American one. Am I wrong ? 3. He is war vet, and that is a plus point for him being the chosen one. My question is, which war ? As far back as I can remember, there wasn't a war that was won by the US ( please note that Desert Storm wasn't an American war and WWII was ended by a nuclear bomb that now presents the largest threat to human lives. I would hardly call that victory, much like if Saddam uses chemical warfare to win this war. No contest. ). So, how does failed campaigns make him an apt ruler ? Sigh...days of trying to keep my kids from being bored have frazzled my brains it seems. Wassalam. |
| 04/08/03 at 10:48:03 |
| UmmWafi |
| Re: Captain Planet...he's our hero |
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| gharib |
| 04/08/03 at 18:08:28 |
| [slm] Unfortunately that is true, and all these plans about "post-war" iraq were drawn up a long time ago. Another, point to note, in this "plan", is that they intend to "appoint" a new leader for Iraq as well. Mr Ahmed "Sam" Chalabi. son of a member of the old (1950's) governement when Iraq was a Kingdom, and current favorite with the US administration. He left Iraq in 1958 at the age of 14. He worked in "finance" in Jordan were he was convicted for defrauding 300 million dollars from a bank. He escaped serving his 22 years sentence by leaving Jordan for London/UK. He leads the "Iraqi National Congress" INC party, one of the smaller Iraqi opposition parties in exile promoted by the US administration (benefited of a 100 million dollars US "help"). He has been flown to Nassirya in Iraq, last week, by the US, along with a 700 "Free Iraq Brigade" (were these people, the one trained by US in hungary?) so he can fill, the soon to be felt, Iraqi leadership void. The UK forces have already appointed a "Tribe Chief" leader in the southern city of Basra to help govern the southern province . I assume these appointments will then be legitimized by some form of council. I sense they are backing away from "democracy" for the moment since, the "poor locals" might just not be able to handle it (i.e they might not elect the preffered "appointed" leader) As for the military governor, a couple of years seems to be the likely duration for this job, if all goes well .... His anti-palestinian rethoric might prove a bit inconvenient, but they are in line with the current neo-cons government policies. Some extracts from http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2542961,00.html: "Bush Choice for Postwar Iraq Questioned Tuesday April 8, 2003 9:00 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - The retired Army general who will oversee the rebuilding of Iraq signed a statement that accused Palestinians of filling their children with hate and that praised Israel - comments that could complicate his new job in the tinderbox Persian Gulf. Arab and Muslim leaders say retired Lt. Gen. Jay Garner's involvement with the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs - including the document he signed and a trip he took to Israel - raises questions about whether he is the right person to oversee Iraq's reconstruction. ``I honestly think when Iraqis find out (about the statement) they are going to be genuinely appalled,'' said Hussein Ibish, a spokesman for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Garner was one of more than 40 retired U.S. military leaders to sign his name to a letter 2 years ago amid renewed Mideast violence. The letter strongly supported Israel for exercising ``remarkable restraint'' and blamed the crisis on Palestinian leaders. A Palestinian tactic to ``use civilians as soldiers in a war is a perversion of military ethics,'' the statement said. ......" |
| 04/08/03 at 18:10:17 |
| gharib |
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