Today I’ll talk about the last warlike conflict between The United States of America and Iraq. Even though it’s been a while since it ended, I find it relevant to stop in a reflexive way to understand its cause.
The objective of this war was supposed to be bringing down Sadam Huseins tyranny that had oppressed this country for many years. To set the country free.
To help a country that has been oppressed is not a bad idea, but the way chosen to reach this objective is the important matter.
Trough this war, Iraqis citizens generated different protests asking their “saviors” to leave them alone. Why? Shouldn’t they be grateful for being setting free? Well, maybe they are just as free as they were before the USA invasion, or worse.
To search freedom using violence seems ironic, to impose democracy by force seems ironic as well.
Iraqis died by “missed” bombs in more than one occasion, and rebel forces from the country have murdered in terrorist attacks their own people to protest against the foreign invasion. The search of freedom turned in to the oppression of liberties.
Iraqis lost their families and friends, liberation process did not help them at all. Maybe there was no intention of liberating the country at all. Maybe there was another reason to set this country “free”, maybe war was not intended to help them, but take advantage from them. It wouldn’t be the first time the strong takes over the wick.
I Hope this has meaning for you too.
Bye,
Florencia.
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