Torture in Iraq
Nov. 28th, 2005 06:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
weaktwosSo, Mr. Allawi comes out yesterday and claims that the New Iraq is engaging in practices similar to that of Iraq Classic.
My reactions:
1. Not surprising when you have insurgents everywhere blowing everyone to bits. It's real hard to be kind, loving, and truly democratic in those conditions.
2. The fact that he's saying this now when the United States is suggesting an exit strategy makes me wonder if he doesn't want to drum up more support for the U.S. to continue a presence there. I don't think 2-3 years of occupation is going to change the Iraqi culture successfully.
My opinion so far, which is subject to change with more information: we should not have gone to war against Iraq, but that now that we have become involved, we need to ensure its success. However, if I come to believe that it's not possible to create a democracy in this fashion, a notion which I am leaning towards, maybe we should cut and run. Sure, we're not marines, but then that's why I'm not in the armed forces.
My reactions:
1. Not surprising when you have insurgents everywhere blowing everyone to bits. It's real hard to be kind, loving, and truly democratic in those conditions.
2. The fact that he's saying this now when the United States is suggesting an exit strategy makes me wonder if he doesn't want to drum up more support for the U.S. to continue a presence there. I don't think 2-3 years of occupation is going to change the Iraqi culture successfully.
My opinion so far, which is subject to change with more information: we should not have gone to war against Iraq, but that now that we have become involved, we need to ensure its success. However, if I come to believe that it's not possible to create a democracy in this fashion, a notion which I am leaning towards, maybe we should cut and run. Sure, we're not marines, but then that's why I'm not in the armed forces.
