Doing Everyone a Favor

Abu Khaleel wrote some commentary this week about "favors" that America has done for Iraq, and ones done in return for America by the Iraqis. First, what we did for them.

Due to the way the campaign was managed, many Iraqis began to see the US army and administration as enemies. This ultimately united much of the country (the country, mind, not the politicians) exorcising some of Iraq's haunting ghosts of ethnic and sectarian divides in the process. Fresh attempts are being constantly made in that direction… but they will probably also fail.

Iraqis have been through invasions, military coups, revolutions, wars and tyranny before. But now, thanks to the American administration, they now also know that they can somehow survive in a society that has no government, no law, and no services; and can still lead a life of sorts with chaos, bombs, terrorism, criminals on the loose and random violence all around them. They will fear nothing now!

When you think about it, this is indeed a big "favor"!

The guy has my admiration for being able to hang on to his sense of humor amid the destruction, even if it's a bit on the dark side. The "favor" they did for us in return is even more grim but amusing.

When the annals of history are written in the future, it will be mentioned that a group of power-mongers and fascist fanatics took control of the most powerful nation on earth riding on a wave of fear. They pretended to mobilize the nation to fight for liberty and democracy against terrorists not much worse than they are.

Their first major campaign in this global war was waged on Iraq under false pretenses: to free its people from tyranny, which had weapons of mass destruction, and to get rid of a dangerous regime that was an eminent threat to the US.

Mobilizing the mighty force of the most powerful army in the world, they invaded that country. Within a year, they lost… miserably! [Fanatics always lose in the end really because they cannot see other forces and the power of other human beings who might disagree with them.]

The Iraqi people didn’t behave as theory predicted. They somehow unwittingly put a spanner in the works of a grandiose program to dominate the world! That program would have resulted in disaster to Iraq, to America and to the rest of the world.

When you think about it, putting that spanner in those evil works was indeed a big “favor” done by the Iraqis to America.

You have to wonder how much longer Abu Khaleel can keep on posting like that before there's a knock on his door in the middle of the night. Hang in there, Abu Khaleel, and good luck to you.