Downtown Austin
U.S. Doomed in Iraq
RECEIVED Thu., Sept. 1, 2005
Dear Editor,
Sometime in the future, after most of those responsible have left office, and despite efforts to destroy or conceal the evidence, history will reveal a simple truth: The U.S. invaded Iraq not to find WMD, not to depose Saddam Hussein, not to nation-build, not to spread democracy, and not for oil, but to re-elect George W. Bush.
In time of war, American voters rally around the president. With 9/11 as background his advisers created one.
The plan was to kick butt. With overwhelming military technology superiority they did. The post-kick-butt plan has been a series of afterthoughts, and our leaders have yet to find a winning strategy.
Currently, 138,000 coalition troops are fighting 20,000 insurgents. If coalition forces cannot make everyday life safe and create jobs for 25 million Iraqis, the insurgents win. The insurgents need only to keep bombing indiscriminately until either the American public or the 25 million Iraqis say enough.
Our leaders destabilized a Middle East dictatorship at a terrible cost of lives. And for what? To re-elect George W. Bush and consummate a marriage of unscrupulous politicians with the profiteering military industrial complex.
It’s really that simple.
Sometime in the future, after most of those responsible have left office, and despite efforts to destroy or conceal the evidence, history will reveal a simple truth: The U.S. invaded Iraq not to find WMD, not to depose Saddam Hussein, not to nation-build, not to spread democracy, and not for oil, but to re-elect George W. Bush.
In time of war, American voters rally around the president. With 9/11 as background his advisers created one.
The plan was to kick butt. With overwhelming military technology superiority they did. The post-kick-butt plan has been a series of afterthoughts, and our leaders have yet to find a winning strategy.
Currently, 138,000 coalition troops are fighting 20,000 insurgents. If coalition forces cannot make everyday life safe and create jobs for 25 million Iraqis, the insurgents win. The insurgents need only to keep bombing indiscriminately until either the American public or the 25 million Iraqis say enough.
Our leaders destabilized a Middle East dictatorship at a terrible cost of lives. And for what? To re-elect George W. Bush and consummate a marriage of unscrupulous politicians with the profiteering military industrial complex.
It’s really that simple.
Charles O’Dell