Egyptian Conference
I really hate to keep harping on this whole war thing, but you write about what you know. Maybe when I get far away from the desert sand...
Did anybody happen to see the coverage of the pseudo-Arab League conference in Egypt? I did. And if you are not up in arms right now about the outcome, then you should be. Two things of note came out of the meeting. The first is that the Iraqi delegation agreed that the coalition should begin removing troops in 2006. The second is that the insurgents have an "indisputable right" to fight against the occupation.
The first resolution is a thank you to President Bush. The White House has been put under increasing pressure from the Senate to begin the withdrawal of troops. Since most of the Senators passed a resolution calling for "reports" and "planning" for troop drawdowns, the Iraqi government decided to help save some face by saying that they feel confident in the assistance that the US has given the new Iraqi Army. Good on them. Make no mistake about it, for better or worse the people of Iraq owe their freedom solely to President Bush. They are free from a tyrannical government by his force of will alone. Some of you in the know understand that I am working with the new Iraqi Army. I will save my judgment of that organization for another time.
The second resolution is a capitulation to the Arab Street. If you ever need any proof of the duplicity of the Middle East, this is it. The resolution called for the condemnation of all insurgent attacks against civilians, but made it abundantly clear that attacks on coalition forces were an "indisputable right" of the attackers. Let me tell you how I interpret this. If something is a right, then it is legal. If it is legal, then one cannot be prosecuted for that action. If that action cannot be prosecuted, then it is not a crime and is therefore not worthy of arrest. Follow me on this one? It is not a crime to attack the people that are directly responsible for granting them that right.
So now it is not a crime to try to kill me. So long as innocent Iraqis don't get hurt as a result. Here is a selfish little recap for you. I helped liberate this country in 2003. I helped rebuild the infrastructure of Iraq in 2004. I am helping stand up the Iraqi Army in 2005. I think I have a damn sight more right to decide the fate of a free Iraq than people who are openly hostile to Iraq, or worse, complict in the actions of those wanting to overthrow the government. These people owe everything they have to the US military. And the freely elected government that we have protected and nurtured has spit in our face.
We were wrong in not demanding the complete surrender and humiliation of the Iraqis. For some reason they have a sense of entitlement that should have been scrourged from the national ego. We have forgotten the lessons of the British and MacArthur. It's not a fluke that the Union Jack stabilized the world for many, many years. It's not mere chance that Japan is now our partner in Iraq.
Getting rid of Saddam Hussein was not enough to cleanse the Arab pathos from Iraq. We must do more.
Did anybody happen to see the coverage of the pseudo-Arab League conference in Egypt? I did. And if you are not up in arms right now about the outcome, then you should be. Two things of note came out of the meeting. The first is that the Iraqi delegation agreed that the coalition should begin removing troops in 2006. The second is that the insurgents have an "indisputable right" to fight against the occupation.
The first resolution is a thank you to President Bush. The White House has been put under increasing pressure from the Senate to begin the withdrawal of troops. Since most of the Senators passed a resolution calling for "reports" and "planning" for troop drawdowns, the Iraqi government decided to help save some face by saying that they feel confident in the assistance that the US has given the new Iraqi Army. Good on them. Make no mistake about it, for better or worse the people of Iraq owe their freedom solely to President Bush. They are free from a tyrannical government by his force of will alone. Some of you in the know understand that I am working with the new Iraqi Army. I will save my judgment of that organization for another time.
The second resolution is a capitulation to the Arab Street. If you ever need any proof of the duplicity of the Middle East, this is it. The resolution called for the condemnation of all insurgent attacks against civilians, but made it abundantly clear that attacks on coalition forces were an "indisputable right" of the attackers. Let me tell you how I interpret this. If something is a right, then it is legal. If it is legal, then one cannot be prosecuted for that action. If that action cannot be prosecuted, then it is not a crime and is therefore not worthy of arrest. Follow me on this one? It is not a crime to attack the people that are directly responsible for granting them that right.
So now it is not a crime to try to kill me. So long as innocent Iraqis don't get hurt as a result. Here is a selfish little recap for you. I helped liberate this country in 2003. I helped rebuild the infrastructure of Iraq in 2004. I am helping stand up the Iraqi Army in 2005. I think I have a damn sight more right to decide the fate of a free Iraq than people who are openly hostile to Iraq, or worse, complict in the actions of those wanting to overthrow the government. These people owe everything they have to the US military. And the freely elected government that we have protected and nurtured has spit in our face.
We were wrong in not demanding the complete surrender and humiliation of the Iraqis. For some reason they have a sense of entitlement that should have been scrourged from the national ego. We have forgotten the lessons of the British and MacArthur. It's not a fluke that the Union Jack stabilized the world for many, many years. It's not mere chance that Japan is now our partner in Iraq.
Getting rid of Saddam Hussein was not enough to cleanse the Arab pathos from Iraq. We must do more.
posted by BigCountry | 2:05 PM
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