Interesting aljazeera analysis of Iraq under occupation with links

[dutchdemocrat]

Iraq Under Occupation

US and British occupation of Iraq is regarded as the re-emergence of the old colonialist practices of the western empires in some quarters. The real ambitions underlying the brutal onslaught are still highly questionable - and then there are the blatant lies over weapons of mass destruction originally used to justify the war. There were no great victory marches by the occupiers, nor were they thrown garlands of flowers and greeted in triumph. More US soldiers have died in Iraq since George Bush declared an end to the war on 1 May 2003 prompting the question: Will Iraq turn into a new Vietnam eventually bringing the US to its senses ... or perhaps to its knees?

Iraq's history, and along with it that of the Arab Muslim world, speaks of several similar encounters. In the past, enemies attacked from East and West before they were swallowed by the moving sands of the region, or forced to retreat, leaving behind a phoenix-like people who adore life and still accept to die for their freedom.

The escalating Iraqi resistance seems to be setting the stage for another act which might usher in a new Arab World or set the clock ticking for the end of yet another empire


http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8245212D-39CC-4E6E-80FF-2E1F29F72BC5.htm

[izzie]

1. Do you think Bush and Co think they will change history?

5000 years have a better history of winning than we do. I do not think we can just walk in and take over. Our trouble seems to be this belief that we have won all the wars we went into even the ones we lost. Even the ones we won were won by a great deal of aid from others. That we can build planes etc may not mean we can control the world and out style of govt goes back thousands of years so we can not say that will win. The Indians of Am had freedom and say in their govt and looked what happened to them. Just to point out some odd things about how freedom always wins.I think we would be smart to let countries run them selfs and just see if we can run our own.I think Asia and the Middle East know this. We need to learn it.