28 July 2008
Al Qaeda in Iraq Is Only a Convenient Rationalization for the U.S. Occupation
Wasn't AQI only an opportunistic attempt by disaffected regional Sunni Arabs to take advantage of the chaos in Iraq caused by resistance to the American occupation? That may also explain the Iranian intervention on behalf of the Shia majority.
The fundantal question is, Why is the U.S. in Iraq at all? It appears that Iraq will end up dominated by the Shia majority, now that the Sunni Awakening Councils have dampened their resistance. The once dominant and now resigned to second-fiddle Sunni minority has lost enthusiasm for fighting Shias. Thanks to Petraeus, the Americans have realized that pacification of Iraq could come at a much cheaper price by abandoning the military's earlier "clear and control" tactics.
This resolution of the political order in Iraq would probably have happened anyway on its own. All the U.S. had to do after dethroning Saddam was withdraw from the country. Instead, we lost thousands of lives and billions of dollars in proving ourselves to be the biggest bullies on the block.
Wasn't AQI only an opportunistic attempt by disaffected regional Sunni Arabs to take advantage of the chaos in Iraq caused by resistance to the American occupation? That may also explain the Iranian intervention on behalf of the Shia majority.
The fundantal question is, Why is the U.S. in Iraq at all? It appears that Iraq will end up dominated by the Shia majority, now that the Sunni Awakening Councils have dampened their resistance. The once dominant and now resigned to second-fiddle Sunni minority has lost enthusiasm for fighting Shias. Thanks to Petraeus, the Americans have realized that pacification of Iraq could come at a much cheaper price by abandoning the military's earlier "clear and control" tactics.
This resolution of the political order in Iraq would probably have happened anyway on its own. All the U.S. had to do after dethroning Saddam was withdraw from the country. Instead, we lost thousands of lives and billions of dollars in proving ourselves to be the biggest bullies on the block.
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