When Saddam Hussein was worth more than 200,000 lives, but that's not going to stop the U.S.
Actually, Americans are leaving Iraq is not the first time. And every time remain.
June 30 this year, the U.S. announced the completion of the withdrawal of its combat troops from Iraqi cities under an agreement providing for the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. Since that day in Iraq, allegedly leaving only the subsidiary of the U.S. Army. Their task was to train the Iraqi security forces and providing them with expert assistance.
Then, Barack Obama has promised to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010.Of the 142 thousand to 31 August 2010 should remain between 30 and 50 thousand American soldiers who will train Iraqi security forces to gather intelligence on terrorists and to participate in certain operations. Until the end of 2011, Obama promised to liberate Iraq from the American presence.
But General Odierno disavow these promises of his presidency. He said that Iraq will have about 56 thousand American soldiers, who in a given volume will cooperate with local security structures, and after 2011.He noted that if the Iraqi military leadership ask the U.S. to such a request, the president and U.S. National Security Council will consider this proposal.
What catches the eye is a big difference in the interpretation of the results of the Iraqi campaign "the military and U.S. policy. Let me remind you that U.S. troops invaded Iraq in March 2003 and May 1, already completed a military operation. Since then, now in its eighth year, continues in the Iraqi head vdalblivanie foundations of American democracy. Over this time, according to official data, more than 200 killed thousands of Iraqis, killing almost 4,5 thousand American soldiers.
In their speeches, the U.S. president tried to justify the losses that the main objectives of the campaign have been fulfilled: dangerous for the U.S. and the Iraqi people, Saddam Hussein's regime eradicated, the U.S. military in Iraq has brought all the "benefits of democracy, U.S. troops helped the Iraqi people rebuild their economy, porushennoy dictator. At the same time, Obama likes to stress that the U.S. came to Iraq, with no selfish ends, and go, leaving behind a free and happy life of the Iraqi people.
U.S. Army Sgt Jackie Venover holds a message for his family, including his daughter for two months, which speaks of his return homeEstimates of U.S. military grimly.The same general Odierno did not believe that local authorities will ensure order and security in the country without American guns.And he's right. After all, in fact, Iraqis are mostly not only do not support the regime imposed by the Americans, but opposed him. They hate the U.S. and their stooges. And it vpole explained.
American "aid in the fight against Saddam Hussein" had cost the Iraqis a giant blood. Iraqi losses, as already noted, reaching more than 200,000 dead and more than 500,000 wounded. As a result of inter-religious conflict, provoked by the U.S. occupation, more than 2.2 million Iraqis have been forced to seek refuge in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and other countries.According to UN figures, more than 2.4 million Iraqis turned into internal refugees, having been expelled from their homes. The once thriving Iraqi economy is experiencing a severe crisis in its history. The unemployment rate is 20% with partial unemployment of about 40% and annual inflation and 40%. The American invasion has brought misery was once quite a prosperous country. Only a third of the population have piped water, 45% of the population there is about 1 dollar a day. More than 2 million Iraqi children are malnourished and suffer from diseases. These are the "good of democracy."
The U.S. has made a bet on the Shiites and Kurds as the two forces hostile to continue to "Sunni" regime of Saddam Hussein. Therefore, the internal political situation in Iraq today - is a glaring chaos at the set of impact on a country outside "factors", including the U.S. and allied occupation troops, Iran, Turkey and Israel. Iraq, who had once been a bastion of secular state in the Middle East, has become as a result of American aggression in a safe haven for terrorist and sectarian factions.
Today, many in Iraq, and around the world are asking: for what it was all done?
Remember, preparing aggression against Iraq, the U.S. administration insisted that there develop weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein's regime was linked to international terrorism and, above all, with Al-Qaeda. Less than a year after the invasion began, as it became clear that Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction. And in the March 2008 Pentagon report that was created by examining 60,000 pages of documents seized in Iraq concluded that Saddam Hussein had no connection with Al Qaeda. Then, in the course matter is propaganda cover for the invasion of Iraq as a "sacred mission of the United States to liberate the Iraqi people from the dictatorial regime of Saddam Hussein and the establishment of democracy in this country." Now we see that this "mission" has brought only blood and death on Iraqi soil.
Many analysts believe that the United States in Iraq were and are carefully hidden from the world community goals.
- In my opinion - says Professor Humanitarian Military Academy Yuri Rubtsov - Washington has the following objectives. The first - the defeat of Iraq, has the most powerful military and economic power among the Arab countries and the greatest threat to Israel as a strategic ally of America. Let me remind you that the Israeli lobby in the U.S. power structures has a significant, if not decisive influence on Washington's foreign policy. Iraq provided substantial financial and military aid to the Palestinian resistance movement, on the territory of Iraq received military training and were treated the wounded Palestinian gunmen paramilitary groups opposed to Israel. A second U.S. objective was to control Iraq's oil resources, which form the third-largest reserves in the world after Saudi Arabia and Iran. It was also necessary to capture the strategically important bridgehead, allowing rapid influence on the situation in the region of the Middle East. There is another motivation for aggression, which are rarely investigated. U.S. corporations related to military contracts, received by this aggression fabulous profits. And continue to receive, despite the financial crisis. For example, the 5 largest military aircraft and U.S. corporations - Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Nortverp Gruman, Reyfinion and General Dynamics.According to some sources, the proceeds of these U.S. corporations rose to 100-600%. The largest of them - Boeing, earned more than 66 billion dollars in 2007 was $ 4 billion profit. 5 largest producers of weapons and aircraft sold in 2007 military equipment to 188 billion dollars, a profit of over 13 billion Growth index aerospace and military sector exceeded the growth index of the 500 largest U.S. companies throughout the corporate sector.
The main objectives of the Iraq war made the United States: Iraq is defeated and no longer represents a threat to Israel. In the foreseeable future, it is unlikely to be reborn as a regional power center.Regarding the second objective, there are not going smoothly. On the one hand, the occupation of Iraq has enabled the United States to control the oil industry of the country, including to gain access to the development of Iraqi oil fields. On the other - political instability, inter-religious conflict and an atmosphere of terror as a result of the U.S. invasion and the dismantling of the former regime began is chronic. This complicates the use of Iraqi oil. Therefore, the Americans, saying that withdrawal from Iraq, completely withdraw its troops from there is not collected. We still see a lot of bloody scenes of this drama.
From the Files of "SP":
In the U.S., published a unique book called "No end in: mothers talk about war and terror", written by an American soldier's mother, Susan Gelleymor. She visited one of the U.S. bases in Iraq, which serves as her son. Seen and heard there threw a woman in shock. Susan had witnessed the terrible destruction, the abyss of human suffering, deprivation and despair, which brought to this earth the American invasion.Susan says in the book that her first friend in Iraq was Anwar. The Americans killed her husband and three children, she was left alone. Later, the death of her family called "unintentional injury during the hostilities." No investigation was conducted. Anwar asked Susan to tell the world about her tragedy.
Refugee from Iraq, Wyss said Susan in Damascus: "The Americans have brought us not a democracy, and freedom from the murderous law and morality. Now anyone can do whatever he pleases, and does not incur any penalties for it. Is the meaning of democracy, in freedom from all restraints? Iraq is now living on the law of the jungle ".
Susan met with another resident of Iraq - Iman Chammas - a writer and translator. She could not refrain from tears: "Why your army has come to our country and turned it into hell? What do you want from our small and relatively poor country? ". Susan admits that she found no answer.
Lebanese Ilham, a mother of four children, told her: "I call on American women to understand that Arab women must feel. Why do you send their sons to kill and die in Iraq? For the sake of democracy? But democracy is building the people of the country. If it is imposed from outside, is not this occupation?When Americans go on about terrorism, I look around. 're Bombing my people, my land. So who are the terrorists, if not yourself? "
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