Lies, Promises and Delusions, The Iraqi War
Ever watch a cat play with a mouse until the mouse was dead? How about expensive crystal, shattering on a tile floor? Ever tried to join in on a game that you didn't really understand and end up the big time loser? Then, understanding where we are in Iraq is within your personal experience.
We toppled a government run by a ruthless, yet efficient dictator, replaced him with a puppet show of our scripting and stood by helplessly, as all kinds of insurgencies poured across the borders as if Iraq was the land-locked Titanic drowning in a sea of anarchy. We were held at bay from the banks of fossil fuel that we coveted to fund our seige and save all the Muslims who would be forever grateful to have a democracy in the heart of Arabia.
With a war cry of, "Weapons of Mass Destruction!", we charged forward, lighting up the Bahgdad skies with Shock and Awe. We charged down streets freeing the citizens from Saddam Hussain and the evils of the corrupt Iraqi government. It was as if the gates of the dog pound were torn down and all the dogs set free without a plan in the world of how to feed the liberated canines.
The Iraqis believe... oh, surprise, surprise.. that government should be a theocracy.. because this is the kind of government that Mohammed invisioned. They look upon the misguided Western culture as that of infidel dogs and have no mind to choose our lifestyle, our religion or our offerings that fell way short of either their hearts or their minds. So, we have failed to deliver Iraq from what they are and continue to be. We don't have the money to maintain troops at a levels that can either keep the peace or wage war.
We can only watch helplessly as the factions of Islam battle one another over the the ancient Holy ground of Babylon. We can engage in this war we do not understand, but stopping the war is not within our means. Nor is introducing democracy to a culture that has no way to interperet a viable way of runnning a country on democratic principles. Principles that the enemy of Islam engages. Civil war is rearing its head, calling to the citizens to choose thier side, their faction of Islam and defend it.
The mouse is dead, the crystal shattered, game over. We lost. We had no plan, no generals, no diplomacy. Let's bring home our troops who do not deserve to die because our country tried to force it's ideals on another people and another culture and failed. Support our troops... bring them home now!
We toppled a government run by a ruthless, yet efficient dictator, replaced him with a puppet show of our scripting and stood by helplessly, as all kinds of insurgencies poured across the borders as if Iraq was the land-locked Titanic drowning in a sea of anarchy. We were held at bay from the banks of fossil fuel that we coveted to fund our seige and save all the Muslims who would be forever grateful to have a democracy in the heart of Arabia.
With a war cry of, "Weapons of Mass Destruction!", we charged forward, lighting up the Bahgdad skies with Shock and Awe. We charged down streets freeing the citizens from Saddam Hussain and the evils of the corrupt Iraqi government. It was as if the gates of the dog pound were torn down and all the dogs set free without a plan in the world of how to feed the liberated canines.
The Iraqis believe... oh, surprise, surprise.. that government should be a theocracy.. because this is the kind of government that Mohammed invisioned. They look upon the misguided Western culture as that of infidel dogs and have no mind to choose our lifestyle, our religion or our offerings that fell way short of either their hearts or their minds. So, we have failed to deliver Iraq from what they are and continue to be. We don't have the money to maintain troops at a levels that can either keep the peace or wage war.
We can only watch helplessly as the factions of Islam battle one another over the the ancient Holy ground of Babylon. We can engage in this war we do not understand, but stopping the war is not within our means. Nor is introducing democracy to a culture that has no way to interperet a viable way of runnning a country on democratic principles. Principles that the enemy of Islam engages. Civil war is rearing its head, calling to the citizens to choose thier side, their faction of Islam and defend it.
The mouse is dead, the crystal shattered, game over. We lost. We had no plan, no generals, no diplomacy. Let's bring home our troops who do not deserve to die because our country tried to force it's ideals on another people and another culture and failed. Support our troops... bring them home now!
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