Washington, Get Ready for the Reconfiguration of the Iraqi Map
Rauf Naqishbendi
March 15, 2007
Up until now in the war game, the Iraqi military has not proven their readiness, and with a resounding cataclysm, a surge of American troops has been approved. At the same time, Iraq’s military has empirically proven their lack of progress and efficacy as they remain embattled in sectarian clashes and terrorist organizations continue to rip Central Iraq apart. President George W. Bush has misplaced his faith in the Iraqi government and its military complex, trusting that they can achieve the pacification of Iraq. The continuing turmoil in Iraq is a byproduct of poor US policy and the meddling of Iranians as they embolden the Shiite leaders in Iraq. The main issue is the disunity among the members of Iraq’s population, suggesting Iraq’s imminent disintegration along the fault lines of its ethnic and religious groups.
Bush’s Iraq policy has been an utter failure; the Iraqi people as well as Americans are disenchanted with the ongoing experimental policy. It is imperative that the White House come up with an equitable solution so that American prestige will not dwindle further, and so that Iraq’s social and political upheaval will not further deteriorate.
The situation of the Iraqi military is a desperate and miserable one. It is run by a dysfunctional government that has been plagued with factionalism, perverseness and the inability to fulfill its civic and moral responsibilities for the common good of the Iraqi people. From north to south the uproar of the Iraqi people resounds as corrupted government officials and regional leaders fail to live up to their constitutional obligations and entangle themselves in power struggles and the search for wealth. This has heralded the long drawn-out deployment of the American military, and the prolonging of the Iraqi people’s suffering. Because of their corruption, the Iraqi leaders have lost their credibility and the support of the Iraqi people. The agenda of Iraq’s Shiite leaders, which form the majority of Iraq’s government, reflects the desires of their bosses in Tehran rather than the needs of the Iraqi people. Make no mistake about it, Iranian interests do not coincide with the interests of the Iraqi people. The Iranians are seeking American casualties as a payback for what they perceive as past injustice on the part of the US; the annihilation of Iraqi people to accomplish this does not concern them.
The army apparatus cannot be counted on to provide needed security and maintain law and order in a country with a divided government. The Iraqi government is an artificial government formed as a mere expediency to satisfy the needs of a US-planned democracy for Iraq. Shiite government officials are stumbling on constitutional covenants as they show no regard for the Iraqi people’s deteriorating living conditions in their efforts to serve the interests of a satanic Iranian regime. These delinquent elites of Iraq’s leadership are taking on everything in their power in order to ruin Iraq, and have it degenerate into miserable chaos. By doing this they anticipate seizing power so that it can be transferred to the Iranian Ayatollahs, creating a Shiite Empire from the amalgamation of the two countries. The Iraqi liberation campaign has solidified Iran’s power, and it should be realized that any Iranian gain in the region will be attained at the expense of world democracy and the strategic oil resources of the Middle East.
Suffice it to say that when it comes to American policy for Iraq, strategic planning should not be obscured by the fancies, hopes or dreams of the White House administration. Complacency by leaders when a nation at war is benighted and shows all the signs of forthcoming failure will result in immeasurable consequences. This implies that every measure must be studied in depth, and the execution of every strategic plan must be weighed with the utmost intelligence and diligence. These are mandatory principles of leadership in wartime which the current US administration has unscrupulously not upheld.
America’s prestige is at stake, and therefore, it is in America’s best interest that what Bush has promised the Iraqi people be delivered. The interests of Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey should not be satisfied, as these represent shameful regimes with gross human rights violations. Friendliness with them has been a discredit to the US’s reputation in the world’s public opinion for a long time. Under the Bush administration, with the lack of prudence and vision in the management of Middle East policy, drastic and crucial decisions have been left to be fashioned in the capitals of the aforementioned countries; therefore they have advanced their own agendas and harmed the US’s interests. This causes a great burden to American taxpayers, yet great monetary and/or security benefit to these depredatory regimes.
Now, with Bush’s new strategic policy in progress, tens of thousands more American troops are in central Iraq. This new plan is ill-fated because it is military aggression. It could result in the death or capture of thousands of insurgents, but it will not root out their secret societies. It could easily deal with the symptoms through bloody fights on the streets of Baghdad and Anbar provinces, but it will not disinter the root causes, the insurgents, suppliers or their sponsors, nor will it reduce the spread of terror recruitment.
Bush’s new policy will result in dismal failure, and once more Iraqi policy will be revisited. By then, the futility of military plans will be well understood and it will be acknowledged that Iraq as a country with its current border framework is menacing to the Iraqi people, America and the Middle East region, and that maintaining Iraq’s current borders will only lead to calamity beyond even Iraq itself. To be proactive, the Bush administration should thoroughly study this fact in advance of current policy failure. The partitioning of Iraq should at least be under earnest consideration so that the reconfiguration of the Iraqi map will be ready beforehand since this will be the ultimate solution, and the only way to achieve American disengagement in Iraq and the peace of the Iraqi people.
Rauf Naqishbendi is a contributing columnist for the Kurdishmedia.com and has written Op/Ed pages for LA times.
Bush’s Iraq policy has been an utter failure; the Iraqi people as well as Americans are disenchanted with the ongoing experimental policy. It is imperative that the White House come up with an equitable solution so that American prestige will not dwindle further, and so that Iraq’s social and political upheaval will not further deteriorate.
The situation of the Iraqi military is a desperate and miserable one. It is run by a dysfunctional government that has been plagued with factionalism, perverseness and the inability to fulfill its civic and moral responsibilities for the common good of the Iraqi people. From north to south the uproar of the Iraqi people resounds as corrupted government officials and regional leaders fail to live up to their constitutional obligations and entangle themselves in power struggles and the search for wealth. This has heralded the long drawn-out deployment of the American military, and the prolonging of the Iraqi people’s suffering. Because of their corruption, the Iraqi leaders have lost their credibility and the support of the Iraqi people. The agenda of Iraq’s Shiite leaders, which form the majority of Iraq’s government, reflects the desires of their bosses in Tehran rather than the needs of the Iraqi people. Make no mistake about it, Iranian interests do not coincide with the interests of the Iraqi people. The Iranians are seeking American casualties as a payback for what they perceive as past injustice on the part of the US; the annihilation of Iraqi people to accomplish this does not concern them.
The army apparatus cannot be counted on to provide needed security and maintain law and order in a country with a divided government. The Iraqi government is an artificial government formed as a mere expediency to satisfy the needs of a US-planned democracy for Iraq. Shiite government officials are stumbling on constitutional covenants as they show no regard for the Iraqi people’s deteriorating living conditions in their efforts to serve the interests of a satanic Iranian regime. These delinquent elites of Iraq’s leadership are taking on everything in their power in order to ruin Iraq, and have it degenerate into miserable chaos. By doing this they anticipate seizing power so that it can be transferred to the Iranian Ayatollahs, creating a Shiite Empire from the amalgamation of the two countries. The Iraqi liberation campaign has solidified Iran’s power, and it should be realized that any Iranian gain in the region will be attained at the expense of world democracy and the strategic oil resources of the Middle East.
Suffice it to say that when it comes to American policy for Iraq, strategic planning should not be obscured by the fancies, hopes or dreams of the White House administration. Complacency by leaders when a nation at war is benighted and shows all the signs of forthcoming failure will result in immeasurable consequences. This implies that every measure must be studied in depth, and the execution of every strategic plan must be weighed with the utmost intelligence and diligence. These are mandatory principles of leadership in wartime which the current US administration has unscrupulously not upheld.
America’s prestige is at stake, and therefore, it is in America’s best interest that what Bush has promised the Iraqi people be delivered. The interests of Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey should not be satisfied, as these represent shameful regimes with gross human rights violations. Friendliness with them has been a discredit to the US’s reputation in the world’s public opinion for a long time. Under the Bush administration, with the lack of prudence and vision in the management of Middle East policy, drastic and crucial decisions have been left to be fashioned in the capitals of the aforementioned countries; therefore they have advanced their own agendas and harmed the US’s interests. This causes a great burden to American taxpayers, yet great monetary and/or security benefit to these depredatory regimes.
Now, with Bush’s new strategic policy in progress, tens of thousands more American troops are in central Iraq. This new plan is ill-fated because it is military aggression. It could result in the death or capture of thousands of insurgents, but it will not root out their secret societies. It could easily deal with the symptoms through bloody fights on the streets of Baghdad and Anbar provinces, but it will not disinter the root causes, the insurgents, suppliers or their sponsors, nor will it reduce the spread of terror recruitment.
Bush’s new policy will result in dismal failure, and once more Iraqi policy will be revisited. By then, the futility of military plans will be well understood and it will be acknowledged that Iraq as a country with its current border framework is menacing to the Iraqi people, America and the Middle East region, and that maintaining Iraq’s current borders will only lead to calamity beyond even Iraq itself. To be proactive, the Bush administration should thoroughly study this fact in advance of current policy failure. The partitioning of Iraq should at least be under earnest consideration so that the reconfiguration of the Iraqi map will be ready beforehand since this will be the ultimate solution, and the only way to achieve American disengagement in Iraq and the peace of the Iraqi people.
Rauf Naqishbendi is a contributing columnist for the Kurdishmedia.com and has written Op/Ed pages for LA times.
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