Four Years of Invasion Are Enough

Alarab Online, via AMSI

...Four years have now elapsed since the fall of Baghdad into the hands of the new Moguls, but the Iraqi people still have not gone out holding roses and waving white flags as in the Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Blair dream. Instead of roses and signs of surrender, Baghdad – from the first days of occupation –prepared itself for the decisive battle that cannot be settled by military force alone with its warplanes raining down a torrent of internationally-prohibited bombs; it is rather settled by patience, faith in the just cause and confidence in victory. Iraq has made many sacrifices: hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries, and an even larger number of displaced people. The country’s infrastructure has been destroyed and the standard of living has deteriorated, thus transforming a once rich country into one ravaged by disease and poverty, where basic services and commodities are lacking, such as electricity, drinkable water and fuel. In addition, new phenomena have emerged like the expanding number of the street children and beggars. But despite the dear price paid, Iraq has defied the cruelty of the American, British and Iranian occupation with much dignity. And despite the success of the occupiers in fuelling sectarian conflicts, the national resistance has not been dragged into sectarian killings or siding with one party against the other. The Iraqis have now started to realise the fact that many sectarian figures are tied to occupiers who intend to divide the country and loot its riches...

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