All But Iraq Profit From Obama's Victory

If I were American, the day of Obama’s victory would have been the happiest day of my life. On that day, America declared to the whole world that racism had fallen on its knees and had forever ended.

After today, no one will hear a colored American say “the White man treats me with racism.” Instead he will say “a sick person, named so-and-so, suffering from serious psychological problems, is who deprived me of my rights.” “The White man is without doubt my brother in my homeland.” Obama did not win the Black votes but won White votes. They, who are the majority of Americans and voters, made the difference.

Yes, Barack Obama satisfied the hearts of Americans. Blacks felt truly free for the first time. Americans are sincere, as Whites delight, having made amends for their previous crimes against the rights of Blacks and having apologized to them.

Upon the election of Obama, Americans said to the previous administration:

“Damn you. We are the strongest force in the world but we are not God. The governing administration must be concerned with our interests and what happens inside out country before anything else. Yes, we may have interests in far lands. We may be forced to pursue those interests, and it is fair that we pay some of the price, up to the point that makes nearly all the peoples of the world characterize us as enemies. We should not continue to pay this price until our money dries up. And we should not be losing this many soldiers to death, injuries, and madness.”

A very long era of successive mistakes has ended, an era that tarnished the face of America before the whole world and foiled many of its projects. The Americans were awarded a second opportunity and it became possible for Obama to rearrange America’s cards and relationships with the whole world.

As for Obama and Iraq, here lies the trouble for me as an Iraqi:

Obama did not win due to his position regarding the occupation of Iraq. And those who voted to elect him for this reason are not more that 10%. As for the rest, their concern was the economic crisis plaguing America and the world. This means that Mr. Ibn Hussein will never include Iraq among his priorities. Our problem will quickly fade amid his and his administration’s internal concerns.

It is true that U.S. foreign policy has not changed much. We are talking about an established country. However, Obama promised his voters a quick withdrawal from Iraq over a period of no more than 16 months. The man will be asked by his people who raised the slogan of change in U.S. policy, by which Obama won, to implement what he promised and pursue a complete withdrawal from Iraq. There is certainly no need to talk about the potential scenario after this withdrawal. It has been mentioned many times as well as on this site. We suffice to say that any part of this potential scenario will not be in Iraq’s interest.

Mr. Obama clearly stated that he is inclined to solve the Iranian nuclear problem amicably during direct negotiations. This is a terrible hit for Iraq because I strongly believe that any talk about hope for the future of a country called Iraq will not happen before the demise of the mullah government in Iran. It was our hope that we could obtain this dream if McCain won. As for Obama’s discarded point of view, we think central and southern Iraqi borders will become a part of the Persian country.

Ibn Hussein’s vice- president also represents a problem for Iraq’s interest. This man had proposed the division of Iraq into three countries, and the argument he used to justify this to his supporters was that this proposed solution came in the midst of a very abnormal security situation with the possibility of a civil war. We say this justification is unacceptable because the deterioration of the security situation is very likely in the future and a civil war is capable of occurring at any time. And here the question remains whether Mr. Biden will again propose this solution and whether the partition solution would be an option if security worsened in Germany, for example, and the Kurds in Germany felt that they should have their own country; would we introduce a solution of partition and separation on them as well?

Under the economic recovery of Russia and its appetite to play a strong role in the international arena, Russia and China are playing the role of defender for their evil neighbor Iran. They also desire to curb the international role played by America, except that the previous administration’s reckless policy made even America’s allies from the Europeans want to shrink the American role in impacting world events. All this will agree with Obama’s direction, which is concerned with healing the wounds of Americans and the huge loses suffered by all. All of this means that the seas of blood will run through Iraq and divide the country. It will no longer be watched, except by the regional powers that will corruptly run Iraq, and at that moment, a country named Iraq will disappear from existence.

Iran’s agents in Baghdad refused the security agreement with the U.S. in response to Iran’s wish. Very little time is left for the Iraqis to repair themselves.

I would like to remind Iraqis how the Iraqi citizen trusted the American army after the fall of Saddam to come into his home and inspect it as he died from horror and fear. The local police were knocking on the door. No matter how bad they were, the Americans were still a million times better than your neighbors and your family. They shook the dictatorial government. As for those who visit your homes with the local police this time, they will be cold-blooded men from Persia. You will learn from them lessons of never before known cruelty, injustice, and aggression.

Americans have the right to rejoice.

I, as an Iraqi, have the right to be sad.

Iran has the right to conquer America and spit on the Arabs because it worked as America made many mistakes. Only the Arabs remain to watch their defeat in Iraq today and tomorrow. I do not know of any place where I cannot see the yellow wind moving quickly, unbound, as its ambitions are limitless.