"Repercussions of Iraq"

To: nonserv@etext.org
Subject: Re: [nonserv] WMDs and democrats and whatnot
From: David McDivitt <david@nonspiritual.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:09:38 -0600

Iraq is without a doubt the most strategically significant property in the region. By taking Iraq, Iran and Syria are squeezed on all sides by the United States and its affiliates. The morality of invading Iraq can be debated without end, but we know morality doesn't mean anything. It was a logical imperative. Even if no exit strategy was sufficiently planned, and even if the U.S. does not maintain control, the dynamic of the region was changed and that change cannot be undone.

The highway for arms from China, across Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Syria has been cut, affecting overall peace in the Middle East. China is being changed from within through trade and capitalism. Entry by former Soviet states, now sovereign, into affairs greatly diminishes leadership and agendas of the French and Germans. France and the European Common Market have been preempted - a massive blow to the solidification of Europe. Britain has effectively been saved for the time being from absorption.

The way I see it, the U.S. only had so many resources left and was losing influence. Those resources were spent wisely. One might ask why Bush rushed into Iraq when he did, even without proper planning, apparently, and without support from the north from Turkey. Obviously, a window of opportunity was closing, and closing rapidly. Because risk assessment was within bounds, a logical imperative dictated that the U.S. must take Iraq.

One could say 911 and WMD were used as excuses for the invasion. On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, no. A long term effect is that the European Common Market was restrained and cannot exploit Islamic people so easily, making profit and gaining political strength while at the same time proclaiming itself the champion of morality and savior of disenfranchised peoples. Business dealings of the French were uncovered, showing them to be no different than anyone else, and driven by profit just like anyone else.

Whether or not Bush will be reelected I do not know. He has however displayed a brilliant global strategy with use of limited resources. The only arguments against this are, once again, moral posturing from the left, which is naked and powerless; the ideology of which exposed as hypocrisy for those not deluded into agreement with it.

Surprisingly, I think we need the left. Criticism is necessary for the sake of diversity. The fact they almost win on occasion is very good. Though Bush and the right have done marvelously, they need to be reminded on a regular basis that they are not representatives of God.

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