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Blood
on the Hands of Bush and Blair
by
Sam Hamod
August
16, 2003
As
I predicted months ago, the Iraqis will not allow the UK or US to remain in
Iraq without major fighting. The real war began the day the US and UK took
Baghdad. Many experts aside from myself, who worked with the US State
Department, had been warning of this, only to be ignored by Bush, Rumsfeld,
Franks and Wolfowitz--as well as the lazy and impotent US Congress, House and
Senate.
Though
many top generals and other deserted the Iraqi nation, the people will continue
to fight for their freedom and will not allow themselves to be taken over by
this new US/UK colonialism, regardless of what Bush and Blair call it.
Not
only this, but Iraq has a very devout religious population of Shi'a and Sunni
Muslims who will give up their lives, if necessary, believing that they will be
rewarded in heaven if they fight for their family and their homeland. Add to
this the thought that it is the return of the "crusaders", the Xians,
and the Islamic impetus is extremely strong. This is something that few
westerners want to believe, or can even understand; such people as Bush, Rummy,
Wolfie and others don't even begin to fathom this belief and commitment on the
part of the Iraqis.
These
needless deaths of US
and UK youth rests on the bloody hand of Bush and Blair, not on the hands
of the Iraqis. Thus, if these two liars do not pull their troops out of Iraq,
it will cost more lives. The only beneficiaries will be the munitions, arms
manufacturers and oil companies in the US and UK who are being rewarded by
profits by this take-over and attempt to stay in Iraq. The people of Iraq and
the people of the US and UK and their children are all the losers, not only in
terms of human lives (which are very dear) but also in terms of tax dollars
being blown away in the dry, hot and dangerous Iraqi air.
One
must remember that many of the "American troops" in Iraq are actually
reservists and national guard troops; they are supposed to be only for homeland
defense. Instead, these barbers, cooks, dishwashers, home-makers, mothers,
truck drivers are now being asked to be killers at will, policemen, firemen and
diplomats in a strange land where they understand little of the language,
culture, terrain or enemy commitment.
This
is not fair to the Iraqis, the UK or US troops or civilians. Nevertheless, Bush
and Blair have put them in this terrible situation. Many will die because of
this.
It
is time for the people of the US and UK to tell Bush and Blair, "Get out
of Iraq, or we'll throw you out of office."
Up
to now the American Congress has been pussy-footing around, politely worrying
whether criticism of Bush will fly politically. But the British, especially the
"old labour party", as contrasted with the corporate led and
dominated "new labour party", are going after Blair, his lie filled "dossier",
investigating the death of David Kelly, investigating the relationship of Blair
and Bush, and how much the cost will be in lives and wealth to continue this
Iraq invasion mistake.
Hopefully,
the American public and Congress will wake up before it's too late and Bush gets
re-elected. Blair is now awash in troubles, with his credibility down to almost
zero in Britain. If the media would also wake up in America, they could do the
same for Bush; show his lies and that he is a danger to our country and our
democracy.
All
this American, British and Iraqi blood is on the hands of Bush and Blair--may
God forgive them for their great sins. May they receive their punishment in
this life, as well as in the next for their criminal acts.
Sam Hamod is an expert on
the Middle East/Islam and World Politics; formerly editor of 3rd World News
(DC), professor at Princeton, Michigan, Iowa & Howard, Director of The
Islamic Center of Wash, DC and Pulitzer Prize nominated poet. He publishes
often in Counterpunch.org; informationclearinghouse.info, dissidentvoice.org
and KONCH at www.IshmaelReedPub.com;
he may be reached at shamod@cox.net
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