No Iraqi Doubts American Withdrawal

It is not an exaggeration to say that the majority of analysts, based on the situation on the ground agree that the American project in Iraq is a failure. Some people believe that the research that has been published by the American administration shows that the length of the occupation does not guarantee success and that the early withdrawal of the troops means a shameful failure, which is no less than the failure in Vietnam – if not more painful with an even heavier loss.

The involvement of America in Iraq, year after year without achieving anything goes beyond what Bush said, after the occupation of Baghdad, “we overthrew Saddam but this is not end of the war, for now there is no light at the end of the tunnel to end the war.” This is what led to the separation of Mr. Bush’s supporters from the “circle of praise”. Scott McClellan, the closest official of the President in the White House, the man who was considered to be an extremist in praise of the president and part of the impetus to the occupation of Iraq, says in his book (What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception) that Bush lied to his people about the Iraq war!

“If we believe that any objective analyst of this and the Afghanistan war looks at the U.S. position from behind the fog of uncertainty, through which this cheating administration is acting, still has the right to answer the question: What did the Bush administration offer to the world?“ “It filled the world with war and people with conflict!” – says Scott McClellan.

One of the most prominent British writers, Patrick Sale, said in his article after te re-election of Bush: “Four more years of war,” while re-emphasizing that when American voters brought George Bush back to The White House, they voted for war and that was the most significant outcome of U.S. Presidential Elections.

But there were many points of view of politicians and some Iraqi citizens according to which the re-election of Bush would have brought a change of schedule and means of conducting with the war in Iraq. U.S. involvement in the Iraq war was opposed not only in Iraq, but also by many prominent political analysts inside America. The first confirmation of the U.S. Department of State’s lies in a number of different areas was when after a long period of occupation of Iraq, a New York Times journalist met with an American Sergeant, who had been paralyzed by an explosive projectile set on the military path. The journalist that conducted the meeting said: “When I asked him who fought in Iraq against him, I mean who exactly was the enemy, he Lifted his eyes to me from the chair and stared at me for a while and said with a voice mixed with sadness, grief and frustration: I don`t know … This is my answer …I don`t know!!”

Despite the passing of more than five year since its beginning, many Americans still feel that their State Department sent troops to Iraq to fight the wrong war. Writer Bob Herbert said in The New York Times about teh American administration’s declaration of war against terrorism after the events of September 11: “After those events, I knew the enemy of America was defined as Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. That is why citizens in America, whose children are dying in Iraq, believe that they are pushed into a conflict outside the national goal.”

We could also mention Bob Herbert’s famous letter from a group of American intellectuals, which was sent to the American President in April 2004 and published in different U.S. newspapers: “We felt that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake without broad international support and since then we have seen a few indicators that the idea of Mr. Bush of establishing a stable democracy in Iraq is only a dream.”

In Iraq, despite the fact that the population’s desire to heal the wounds of their country after the fall of the former regime and to work seriously to build a new Iraq, most (if not all) of the parties involved in the political process have specified their most important goals, which are the ending of occupation and the creation of an organized program for withdrawing the multinational military forces, teh majority of which are Americans. Many analysts believe that the process of military withdrawal in Iraq has already begun – and for many reasons.

People who are pessimistic about the situation in Iraq believe that the continuing pressure on U.S. forces both internationally and from within America, together with attempts to ignite the fire of agitation in the region by the enemies of stability, will force teh U.S. Administration to leave Iraqis in chaos where anything could happen, before the promised stability is established in the country. There are also people who believe that national security costs will eat up all of the gains that have been long awaited by the supporters of the occupation and will therefore force the decision to withdraw.

But on the other hand, despite the refusal of Bush and other officials in his administration to talk about any timetable for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, some people believe that political necessity withing America itself continues in a manner that will push the talk and thinking towards withdrawal.

Recently, Senator Edward Kennedy mentioned that the continuing presence of U.S. forces in Iraq is difficult to maintain but he also believes that the withdrawal of troops will be more difficult. ”No matter whether all these issues will be resolved in an ambitious Iraqi program or not, the fact is that more than 85% of the Iraqi people want American forces to leave, as no other possible means of solving the crisis remains. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama pointed out the continuing crisis in the region and the difficulties of decision making by the U.S. government.

However, in Iraq, nobody doubts anymore that U.S. forces will eventually withdraw from Iraq, be it forcefully or by their own will.