The War in Iraq ... reflections ten years on

Poetic Justice

This week, 20th March 2013 to be exact, marked the tenth anniversary of the second Iraq war that toppled Saddam Hussein and saw him captured and hanged.  This week also marked the second anniversary of the Syrian war that is still raging and is likely to end with a cataclysmic Middle Eastern war that will engulf the world, particularly the USA and Europe.  Regardless of what appears to be the cause that journalist and other media outlets want you to accept the cause and reality is control and dominance of the Holy City of Jerusalem.  That control; and dominance is sought and claimed by three of the world major religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.  Each of these religion see cataclysmic war taking place in which the Messiah, Christ, Mehdi coming to save mankind.  Iran, Syria, and Hizb Allah in Lebanon is the only formidable resistance and obstacle left.

On the surface, and arguably the war in Syria is continuation, or perhaps the endgame of the Sunni/Shia conflict which was never resolved and still represents Islam’s unresolved schism as to the rightful heir to the Prophet.  After all the basic tenets and belief of the Alawite, Shia, Sufi, and Druze faith are based upon the belief in the blood lineal descendency of the Prophet being the Imamate and Fatimid terminating in the twelfth Imam believed to be in occlution.    

Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD)

President George W Bush (Junior) was formally elected a President of the United States of America on 20 January 2001 in controversial circumstance with few thousand greater votes in the State of Florida in which his brother John Ellis ‘Jeb’ Bush was Governor.  It is a testimony to the credit and statesmanship of Vice President Al Gore not to press the matter and challenge to the legitimacy of the vote to finality through the Supreme Court.

In 1990 with the collapse of the Berlin Wall and disintegration of the Soviet Union George H W Bush went to war in Iraq to liberate Kuwait from the Iraqi occupation. The relatively short war labeled Desert Storm saw the American tanks and army stop short distance from Baghdad. But despite the atrocities and other heinous acts committed by Saddam Hussein including using chemical weapons against the Kurdish population George H Bush knew better than going all the way to toppling Saddam Hussein. Thirteen years later his son, George W Bush with his so called New Conservative clique dubbed ‘Neocon’ advisors wanted to change the new world order went all the way topping Saddam Hussein and saw him hanged.

The pretext for going to war was ‘indisputable evidence’ of weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq. Britain popular Labor Prime Minister, Tony Blair, provided the necessary support for Bush.  The man officially charged with finding the WMD, the Swedish politician and diplomat, Hans Martin Blix told the Bush administration in no uncertain language that there is no WMD in Iraq and described Bush and his Neocon as nothing more than pursuers of witch hunt, trying to find excuse for conclusion.  Despite Blix’s plea on a nominated hour on 20 March 2003 the United Nation mandate and resolution over Iraq was pushed aside as waves after waves of the all mighty American bombers from carriers in the Mediterranean and Saudi Arabia basis dropped their first load nearly missing Saddam by a whisker.  Officially the last American combat soldiers left Iraq in 2012 some 10 years from the official start of the war.

Tenth anniversary of the war

The most conservative estimate of casualties of the second Iraq war put the death toll to over 200,000 with equal number maimed and injured Iraqi’s.  Minorities, particularly the eldest Christian sects that date their presence in Iraq to the cradle of Christianity who could flee fled Iraq and became refugees or migrants in countries that heeded the call and sent soldiers to Iraq including Australia and Canada. With that numbers of Iraqi killed there are countless number of orphaned children, large number of whom on the tenth anniversary of the war are being looked after by surviving relatives, including grandparents.  

Christ’s Return

The BBC reporter given the task of officially reporting on Iraq 10 years after Saddam and who was present in Iraq on 20 March 2003 was keen to find what the average Iraqi had to say.  His question was simply are Iraqi’s better off 10 years after Saddam.  The majority answered ‘NO’.  Those who answered YES were living in or close to the so-called GREEN ZONE where most embassies are located.  One particular young lady answered:  ‘Before there were two bombs exploding every two hours now two bombs explode every week’.  

The reporter asked Abu Hamza, an elderly man selling coffee in a street in Baghdad whether he was better off.  The man told the reporter he had lost three of his children killed by the American and he was now looking after their orphaned children and that he was fearful for their future.  Asked whether he had message for George W Bush for starting the war Abu Hamza said ‘yes’ I do have a message for Mr George W Bush and this message is:

‘When Christ Returns He will be on my side NOT Bush’s side’

This is a very profound statement to which any true Christian should give serious thought to.  Any true Christian will look for genuine repentance and to ways and means to correct the misdeeds of their elected President, George W Bush and his Neocons.  

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