I think that the war in Iraq should come to an end. This war is useless and many of our troops are dying each day for a purpose that has no resolution. This war has also caused a controversy amongst many U. S. citizens, as well as dividing our nation between opposing and non-opposing groups. First, I want to say that there is no motive for fighting in Iraq. Bush's top priority was to find some weapons of mass destruction. However, there was no proven evidence of this action since no weapons of mass destruction were ever found! For that reason, I don't understand why our troops are still in the Middle East. The President makes it seem as if he was just interested in the oil, which will give the United States a lot of profit. Nevertheless, he shows no concerned for what he is doing to our country as a whole. Another reason why I believe this war is unnecessary is because our government is disorganized. One good example is the damages left by Hurricane Katrina. The whole world saw how our government was unprepared. They witnessed how the government was unable to manage this situation that brought chaos and destruction. Therefore, if there were ever to be another attack on American soil like the one from 9/11, our nation would be under great danger because of the lack of organization and preparation. There was no reason for our government to try to fix someone else's regime. We should have kept our noses out of it because eventually it was going to bring a great conflict. The United States should have known better when they stepped in a territorial boundary of difference. This war has not only lost its supporters, but the recruitment level has gone down as well. Family and friends would love to see their relatives come back home and for this war to end. I do not agree with this war because my best friend will be leaving October 31st and I don't know if I will ever see him again...
I feel your pain Ricky. 3 people that are very close to me are over in Iraq, 2 have children, and I am unsure of whether or not I will ever see them again. It's not that I'm some kind of peace junky and believe that all war is wrong. Maybe Americans would be more accepting of the war if we had an exact reason as to why we are over there. First our president tells us that he has word that iraq had weapons of mass destruction then he comes on national television and says that his administration lied, yet our troops are still over there. And was I the only person that thought that when the hurricanes hit, the National Guard's response would have been faster if the majority of our troops weren't in one spot half way around the world?
I agree with you, this war is useless, Americans don't really know why our troops are in Iraq. Our President Bush, has something in mind, and he's not telling the public about it. Who knows what he really wants from Iraq? Or is it just Iraq? Does it have to do with any of the surrounding arab countries? Who knows! There's something being hidden from the public... Why are we still there? .... Just WHY!?!
It has been really touching, to find American people talking against the war in Iraq, I am an Iraqi and I would like to express and share some of the feelings with you.
We in Iraq, we have sufferd for more than 35 years of dectatership, Saddam Hussain was able to stay in power all these years with the help of the west and with their support. The west supplied Saddam with WMD, which was sold to him or given may be by Donald Rumsfield him self. And then the UN came and confirmed that Saddam has got rid of the WMD but the US and GB were not satisfied with this and they wanted to take over Iraq.
So at the start of the occupation most of the Iraqis thought that freedom was here, but we ( as VAST MAJPRTY OF THE IRAQIS, NOT TALKING ABOUT MY SELF ) knew in the back of our heads that America is not here to help us they are here for the benifits of Iserail, because the war against Iraq, does not benifit the American nation, infact it has made America more suposable to attacks or so called "terrorism".
We in Iraq look at people like you to end this nightmare, that has occured in Iraq, everyday we see our ; children youth, fathers, mothers and family members dieing from various reasons, cars blowing up, random fireing by the occupying troops, no medication to treat them.
I am sure that you love your love ones and you want them to be back, so we do, we dont want your love ones to be killed in a war that it is not theirs or they did not belive it. It does not make the US or the Arab conturies more safer, infact it makes the entire world less stable.
Why should we die in a war that has nothing to do with us, we are incocient people living in our homes and towns, and the occupiers came from their contries, we want them to leave and go back home, it makes their day and our day, it makes the world of much safer place for us both. I assure you that we dont have anything against the American nation, our main problem with the US is its forign policies that supports Iserail and that is it. The war has cost us alot, both financially and socially, but does the Bush administartion relaise that? I dont think that they do care to be honest, it is their benifits that what really matters, and offcourse the security of the state of Israel.
I agree with you, this war is useless, Americans don't really know why
our troops are in Iraq. Our President Bush, has something in mind, and
he's not telling the public about it. Who knows what he really wants
from Iraq? Or is it just Iraq? Does it have to do with any of the
surrounding arab countries? Who knows! There's something being hidden
from the public... Why are we still there? .... Just WHY!?!
جربّها بعد واتحارش النوب
وأشوفك يا زلم جابته نسوان
تب يا لـهـب ايـدك وتبيت
تب كلمن شعل عالصدرين نيران
على آل الصدر نطلعلك ألغام
وننزلك ألف عفريت من جـان
أوصيك واعلمك وادري ما يفيد
لأنك كل شهـر مفروض تنهان
النصر للمقاومة، عاشت عاشت عاشت المقاومة في كل مكان و الموت للخونة في كل مكان
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The Iraqi leader seeking a peaceful path to liberation
A new party unites Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians
Jonathan Steele in Baghdad Friday July 16, 2004
The Guardian
While the latest damning reports on intelligence provoke new argument in Britain and the US on whether the war made their countries and the world safer, here the debate is different. Iraqis are not focused on whether things would be better had the invasion not happened. What they want to know is how and when the manifestly unsafe world they face every day - from kidnappings to assassinations and car bombs - is going to change. They also constantly argue whether the presence of foreign forces makes it better or worse.
To seek an answer from a rarely reported Baghdad source, I went this week to the northern suburb of Kadhimiya. Off a lane where market traders push rickety handcarts towards the bazaar, steps lead into the courtyard of a Shia religious school. Remove your shoes, and you are ushered into a mercifully cool room with deep carpets and even deeper armchairs. Sheikh Jawad al-Khalisi and four guests rise in friendly greeting. While many Iraqi clerics exude a sanctimonious, mildly impatient air with foreigners despite their elaborate expressions of welcome, Sheikh Khalisi has a look of genuine attentiveness. He listens and discusses, rather than just declaims. His grandfather was a distinguished ayatollah who led the Shia opposition to Britain's occupation 80 years ago. His father was a learned imam. He himself spent 23 years in exile in Iran and Syria, returning when Saddam was gone. Now he is general secretary of a new movement that calls for an end to the occupation by peaceful means. The media focus on violence, and the generally positive foreign coverage of the efforts of Ayad Allawi's new government "to defeat the insurgency", has created a false impression - that the government's opponents use only force, and those who support peace support the government, and so the occupation. Sheikh Khalisi's movement gives the lie to that. Set up a few weeks ago, the National Foundation Congress brought about 450 Iraqis together at a Baghdad hotel. They included Nasserites, leftists and Ba'athists from the era before Saddam turned the party into a personal fiefdom, as well as Kurds, Christians, representatives of the powerful Sunni movement the Islamic Clerics' Association, which has close links with Falluja and other strongly anti-American cities, and Sheikh Khalisi's own Shia friends and colleagues. The movement picked a secretariat of 25, which meets twice a week. It has decided not to take part in the government-supported national conference, which is due to convene this month as part of the US programme to set up a surrogate legislature. "We see no benefit in institutions designed to implement American plans," says the sheikh. "If the conference were to set a timetable for a US troop pull-out, it would be worth it - but in the context of the occupation, the conference is powerless and we don't want to disappoint our supporters. We will, however, take part in the elections in January." The congress does not reject armed resistance, saying it is any people's "national right", but it prefers peaceful politics. It supports the restoration of the Iraqi army, criticises the formation of new militias such as those of the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, and wants the old militias disbanded. It is also worried by Mr Allawi's draconian new powers. "Iraqis are looking for security, and can be seduced by hope. Extreme dictatorships are always formed in a context when nations seek stability. It happened when the shah took power in Iran, with Ataturk in Turkey, and Saddam Hussein here," Sheikh Khalisi said. Wamidh Nadhmi, a UK-trained political scientist at Baghdad university and a veteran Arab nationalist, is the congress spokesman. Its importance for him, as a lifelong secularist, is its bridge across Iraq's numerous divides. "National unity cannot grow in a country that emphasises sectarian divisions or expects ethnic strife," he told me in the comfortable study of his house across the Tigris from Kadhimiya. "There has to be reconciliation between Sunnis and Shias. We're not interested in religion as such, but we feel that by bridging the gaps, the ground will be better prepared for a national struggle." The real division in Iraq, he says, is not between Arab and Kurd, Sunni and Shia, or secular and religious, but between "the pro-occupation camp and the anti-occupation camp". In his view, "the pro-occupation people are either completely affiliated to the US and Britain, in effect puppets, or they saw no way to overthrow Saddam without occupation. Let's agree not to indulge in slander but discuss the issue openly. Unfortunately, the pro-occupation people tend not to distinguish between resistance and terrorism, or between anti-occupation civil society and those who use violence. They call us all Saddam remnants, reactionaries, revenge-seekers, mercenaries, misguided, or foreigners". The congress is eager for the January elections. Under the system of proportional representation worked out by the UN, every list should have a chance. It needs only a declaration by 500 supporters to get on the ballot. Iraq will be treated as a single constituency, so that every 27,000 votes will produce one seat in the 275-seat national assembly. The battle lines are becoming clearer. In Sunni districts, the Iraqi Islamic party (banned under Saddam) has a virtual monopoly of organisation. Shia parties say they will not even open offices there. Among the Shias, where several groups operate, the current trend is to produce a single list, according to Adil al-Adib, a senior member of Dawa - the oldest and, according to the opinion polls, most popular party. Rather than competing, each party prefers to get as many Shias into the assembly as possible. Calling itself the Shia Family, "the list will include Dawa, the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq [Sciri], candidates supporting GrandAyatollah Ali al-Sistani, and maybe people with Moqtada al-Sadr", Dr Abib says. It will provide a comeback for the Pentagon favourite Ahmad Chalabi, who has been building links with Shia clergy. "He is an enthusiastic defender of Shia rights. He'll be on the list," Dr Adib told me. There are major faultlines. Dawa and the Sciri are in the current government, which has no timetable for US withdrawal. Ayatollah Sistani and Mr Sadr are critical. The Iraqi Islamic party is also in government, but strongly linked to Sunni clerics who oppose the US presence. By making an early end to the occupation the top electoral issue, Sheikh Khalisi's pan-Iraqi group hopes to be the catalyst. It deserves more publicity and support.
جربّها بعد واتحارش النوب
وأشوفك يا زلم جابته نسوان
تب يا لـهـب ايـدك وتبيت
تب كلمن شعل عالصدرين نيران
على آل الصدر نطلعلك ألغام
وننزلك ألف عفريت من جـان
أوصيك واعلمك وادري ما يفيد
لأنك كل شهـر مفروض تنهان
النصر للمقاومة، عاشت عاشت عاشت المقاومة في كل مكان و الموت للخونة في كل مكان
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