As out-going British premier Tony Blair visits Iraq, news has emerged of a teenage girl being killed by beating and stoning to defend the honour of the family. She had been seen with a man from a different segment of Islam.
It just shows, to my mind, that mounting the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was a big mistake. Removing Saddam Hussein from power merely served to create a power vacuum which the US and UK forces were unable to fill; that void has been filled by Muslim insurgents from across the region. It has created a lawless and powerless state, with nowhere to go.
The only reason why this entire debacle was commenced was OIL, pure and simple. We have other monsters ruling countries with an iron fist - think of Robert Mugabe who has managed to wreck his country Zimbabwe, but everybody standing by wringing their hands. Do the US cavalry come racing in there? Like hell they won't. No oil. No big economic interests.
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Hm, I know what you mean.
ReplyDeleteJOhn.
So so true Geudo, I was in Zimbabwe (it was Rhodesia then) and it was/is a beautiful country full of the mostly lovely balck folks you could hope to meet.Love Sybil
ReplyDeleteSad that they could do that to someone just for seeing someone else.
ReplyDeletebella xx
Oil and money. That's it. This gov't couldn't have cared less about Saddam if he didn't have oil. Sad.
ReplyDeletePam
Yes,I agree Guido,money sadly is what drives most governments!That is the sad world we live in.... As for Bob in Zim...well.....the root of all evil is the love of money....say no more....
ReplyDeleteI agree with you absolutely Guido, the government has been strangely silent with regard to Mugabe and the atrocities commited in his name. Of course there isn`t anything in it for them is there?
ReplyDeleteSandra xx
I was one of the last hold outs, but sadly, I've come to the same conclusions you have stated here. Once upon a time the US was a country whose Ideas and ideals captured the imagination and respect of the world. Not we are seen by the world as a country with little or no concience, just an insatiable thirst for profit.
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