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Simply Truth, from an expert
It’s very funny that I’m a professional journalist, and even though I’ve been at that job for ages, only now, that I’m here in Baghdad have I begun to understand what’s really going on in the Iraq War.
This blog entry is for the Uneducated, the I-Don’t-Cares, and the I’ve-already-decided. So here goes the long gist of it all.
First of all, the United States declared war on terrorism. Which meant they wanted to eliminate all terrorists and anything associated with it? They then targeted Saddam Hussein because he seemed as though he would be a part of terrorism. They search him for bombs, couldn’t find any, and then decided they wanted to take him out anyways just because he was evil. So they took him out. And now Iraq is unstable, and going insane because they aren’t used to having to govern themselves and don’t really understand how democracy works. So the United States is there trying to help them get back on their feet and make their government work.
It all sounds dandy right? Well, problem is that the Americans are tired of being in that country where the majority of the citizens don’t like us anyway and want us to leave. Another problem is that if we simply pack up and leave, Iraq will not be able to stabilize themselves and therefore violence and perhaps even more terrorism will brew in the country. Violence in Iraq means instability in Middle East and the world doesn’t need that. In short, Americans are torn between what to do.
Now that we’ve gotten that quick history lesson out of the way, let’s talk about what’s going on in the President Bush’s mind (if you didn’t already figure out, I know what he’s thinking). A news article from ABC News reported today hinting that the president knows there have been some mistakes in Iraq. "The president understands that we need to have a way forward in Iraq that is more successful", his security adviser said. A similar article said that Bush is now starting to consider taking the suggestions that Donald Rumsfeld said a while back. In short, Bush is actually subtly admitting that maybe his way of doing things isn’t and wasn’t the most effective way.
I’m glad to have been able to educate you a little bit and update you on some news in Iraq. This is the great Katie, signing off.
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStor
This blog entry is for the Uneducated, the I-Don’t-Cares, and the I’ve-already-decided. So here goes the long gist of it all.
First of all, the United States declared war on terrorism. Which meant they wanted to eliminate all terrorists and anything associated with it? They then targeted Saddam Hussein because he seemed as though he would be a part of terrorism. They search him for bombs, couldn’t find any, and then decided they wanted to take him out anyways just because he was evil. So they took him out. And now Iraq is unstable, and going insane because they aren’t used to having to govern themselves and don’t really understand how democracy works. So the United States is there trying to help them get back on their feet and make their government work.
It all sounds dandy right? Well, problem is that the Americans are tired of being in that country where the majority of the citizens don’t like us anyway and want us to leave. Another problem is that if we simply pack up and leave, Iraq will not be able to stabilize themselves and therefore violence and perhaps even more terrorism will brew in the country. Violence in Iraq means instability in Middle East and the world doesn’t need that. In short, Americans are torn between what to do.
Now that we’ve gotten that quick history lesson out of the way, let’s talk about what’s going on in the President Bush’s mind (if you didn’t already figure out, I know what he’s thinking). A news article from ABC News reported today hinting that the president knows there have been some mistakes in Iraq. "The president understands that we need to have a way forward in Iraq that is more successful", his security adviser said. A similar article said that Bush is now starting to consider taking the suggestions that Donald Rumsfeld said a while back. In short, Bush is actually subtly admitting that maybe his way of doing things isn’t and wasn’t the most effective way.
I’m glad to have been able to educate you a little bit and update you on some news in Iraq. This is the great Katie, signing off.
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStor
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