Democrats or Republicans: Either Way 'Iraqis Are Doomed'

U.S. Democrats are gathering momentum to blame their adversaries, the Republican, for the Iraq debacle. The former have come to the realization that victory is no longer possible while the latter, and particularly their boss in the White House, are proceeding with their folly that triumph is still within reach.

Neither position is of any benefit to Iraq. Either way we are doomed. While the two continue sparring in Congress, their master in the White House remains unmoved.

The Democrats want to see President Bush leave the White House in humiliation and are using the miscalculation of his Iraq adventure as a pretext to achieve that aim.

Republicans have based their own standing and that of their country on the performance of U.S. soldiers in this country. If Republicans “cut and run,” it will be a sign to the world and future generations of their foolishness and political immaturity.

But skirmishes in the U.S. Congress and the pages of American newspapers do no good for the Iraqi people. Their fearsome military has failed in win the war and tame the barefoot rebels of central Iraq.

The sectarian strife intensifies with every passing day. The sectarian infighting that pits one residential area against another, one village against another, one town against another and one region against another is spreading like wildfire.

The traces of this bloody sectarian war are now even discernible at the family level, tribal level and street level. Intermarriages, which were routine before the U.S. invasion, are now frowned upon.

Sectarian checkpoints are everywhere. Innocent Iraqis are being killed in droves every day due to the name they bear or the identity card they carry.

The U.S. invasion has sparked a dirty sectarian war that won’t end, even if Democrats and Republicans join in a bipartisan move and get their troops out. And if the troops are withdrawn, it is very likely that the sectarian divide will expand and the killings intensify.

If the troops stay, it will be the harbinger for many more calamities. Iraq’s neighbors, particularly those which see the U.S. as an enemy, will use the Iraqi battle arena for score settling.

The reason for all our miseries is the occupation. It is the occupation that has plunged us into a vicious cycle of sectarian and ethnic infighting. Perhaps those who say that an end to the occupation is the only light at the end of this dark tunnel are right.