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American Troops Retreat From Iraqi Towns And Cities. Yes, It Is A Retreat And Not A Pull Out

July 2, 2009

American Troops Retreat From Iraqi Towns And Cities. Yes, It Is A Retreat And Not A Pull OutR.F.Wilson writes: So, the U.S. troops have concluded their retreat from Iraqi towns and cities into secure bases across the country. Yes, I use the word ‘retreat’ in this case which is the right word for the occasion.

The world media, obviously, had other things on its mind, reporting endlessly about the death of Michael Jackson and the shameful farce that has been unravelling around it. TV news bulletins and newpapers seem to have lost all sense of proportion and are continuing to cover the supposed ‘mass grief’ that just would not go away. What the hacks do not realise is that their credibility, which has already been weakened by the pathetic coverage of the financial crisis, when they in effect sided with the money men, is diminishing by the hour and soon there will be only a couple of million people around the world watching the news and reading the newspapers.

Anyway, as I was saying, the American troops have retreated from all Iraqi towns and cities. All that talk about the famous surge pacifying the insurgents in Iraq proved to be false as violence across the country – both reported and unreported – was growing. U.S. President Obama and his generals can talk as much as they want about a ‘pull out’ from Iraq but pull out stands for defeat. Any military man would tell you that the aim of the American troops stationed in Iraq was to crush the insurgency and, laughably, help install a democratic regime in the country. They failed miserably on both counts. The surge was just an exercise to win some breathing space and amounted to bribing some of the Sunni militias to temporary halt their operations, which they resumed with vigour in the past several months. Despite that the giant U.S. public relations machine is still trying to convince everyone that the American troops have achieved a fantastic victory.

Yes, sure, by these standards the war in Vietnam had ended in another brilliant victory as well. As the missions in Lebanon and Somalia were also huge successes. And the current war in Afghanistan is victorious as well. The only question is: have the U.S. armed forces actually won anything in the last 60 years? Everywhere they went things did not really work out for them and they usually departed leaving a huge mess behind them.

The irony of the current ‘pull out’ of U.S. forces from Iraqi towns and cities was that the Iraqis themselves celebrated the occasion as if they had managed to drive the aggressors from their land. It was really weird to see the scenes of jubilation on the streets of the Iraqi cities. It sure did not look like anyone was missing the U.S. soldiers.

Now, of course, comes the messy part. The puppet regime installed by the U.S. in Iraq is obviously incapable of providing security for the Iraqi people. It is laughable when some people actually try to pretend that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is some tough leader who can control the situation. His control usually stops when he leaves his office and is whisked in secrecy and under tight guard to some place outside his hideout where he can pretend to be a tough guy for a while before rushing back.

President Barack Obama has stated the obvious when he said that there were tough times ahead for Iraq. He also said that the Iraqi leadership faced tough choices in order to provide stability in the country. I suspect the choice is actually whether to run away with the Americans or sit tight and wait till the insurgents drive them out. It is hard to see any other choices really.

So what now for Iraq? Some people say that because it is oil rich the Americans will support their puppets and al-Maliki might even cling on to power for some time. But the presence of vast oil reserves is a mixed blessing. Everybody in Iraq – the Sunnis, the Shia and the Kurds – want a piece of the action. A big juicy piece, and no one is prepared to compromise. And this is a recipe for a civil war that would fragment the country into three parts. And that would be the end of Iraq as we know it and the creation of a hotbed of tension and wars.

Another fine mess the Americans would leave behind them.

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