Whose war is it now?

[moghrabi]

A TIGER killed a fawn and began munching on it, according to a popular Bangladeshi folk tale. A hungry bear jumped on the tiger to snatch the carcass away. The two fought until both lay mortally wounded, unable to move. A fox, which was watching the fight from a bush, scampered to the dead fawn and feasted to its heart's content.

The United States overthrew Saddam Hussein only to be overwhelmed by a Sunni Arab insurgency. But Sunni Arabs, being a minority, can't come to power through the Jan. 30 elections. This is why most of them are boycotting the vote. A pro-Iranian electoral alliance of the Shi'ite majority is predicted to win a majority of parliamentary seats and form the government. The Iranians are helping the alliance with money and volunteers, ignoring President Bush's warnings against "meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq."

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http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ed...ticles/2004/12/23/whose_war_is_it_now?mode=PF

 

[Andem]

Good! It should NOT only be the Americans who meddle with the affairs of Iraq. If one person is doing it, then they should have different sides pushing different agendas. Afterall, it works the same way in democracy.

I would hate to see Iraq aligned with Iran, but I would also hate to see Iraq aligned with the United States, too. A sovereign Iraq has been bombed and dismantled by the US, and they've always assumed that it would be a cake walk to Baghdad. Well, turned out it wasn't. Neither is the occupation of the country as they will continue to face "insurgency" (as the press calls it) and freedom fighters.