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True or False!
by Nevine Al Seidi
Many arguments the world over has taken place questioning the legitimacy of the American war on Iraq. Demonstrations on six continents said NO! In my True or False, the American logic of waging war for freedom, democracy, etc. are examined.
True or False? A crash-appraisal of American logic in the War on Iraq
Instead of starting to deliver my views to you on the subject of the war in Iraq, I would like to confirm that the word "American" is used in the sense of the American administration and policy, not in the sense of the nation and its people.
Many complicated arguments took place recently discussing the legitimacy of waging war by the "Land of Freedom" on the "Land of Abraham". Many innocent citizens of the world seem to buy into obvious fallacies. Please allow me to (storm-brain) you for the reality of this war with very basic True or False questions.
The reason for America crossing a few continents and seas with its super impressive missiles to seize a foreign country and change its government is an act of kindness meant to free the Iraqi people from their dictator ruler. What do you think? To help you marking this as "True" or False", I will ask you a few questions here. Who has the right to label a ruler a dictator, a foreign ruler or his own people? Has any one authority a right to displace a ruler of a foreign country even by asking him ( verbally) to leave his home in 48 hours? Can a war costing trillions of dollars and hundreds of American and British lives be a justified price for the head of any "foreign" ruler?
Another reason for bombing a country three continents away is to rid its neighbours from its malicious threat using "total-destruction" weapons "in case" that country decides to go to war. That eithicality, might be anything but "foreign" to the American mind. Yet, it can only be a valid argument if America is planning to "become" a neighbour. Don't you think? And perhaps, America is more qualified to know the interest of the neighbours more than they themselves do. Right? Did I forget to ask whether Israel is probably a neighbour? With the same "total-destruction" weapons? But Israel has a sole right to own certain missiles it might need to defend itself with in case the terrorists-nationals ask for their land back. Almost forgot!
Another reason for America to rip Iraq and shred it is to search for weapons UN inspectors failed to find. Should we assume that American troops are not fighters but Phd holders of some occult tradition? Should we assume that America is an authority above the UN and therefore in a position to "correct" what goes wrong with the UN efficiency? More reasonable, let us think that the CIA has very valid confidential info that Saddam Hussein has Anthrax pre-packed in his palatial fridges and chemical heads stuffed in his republican "Dictator size" mattresses. But why would not America enlighten the UN inspectors with its genius findings?
In the American struggle against terrorism, Hussein's head had to be chopped suey. Well, taking into consideration that the new findings pertaining to the aggressors in the WTC incident confirm that Hussein was Bin Ladden's " left" hand, and that Iraq which is in fact the only ‘secular' regime in the Arab world, must be suspect number one in "radical' terrorism, this could be a very reasonable reason. True?
America , as a super power, has a responsibility to make the world a safer and happier place for all. This is the easiest question to answer! Yes, you cannot go wrong here. What a happier world we are going to have without the United Nations ? With a few million Iraqis less? With funerals in British and American homes? With a stagnant world economy? With fear of travel? With gluing our tearful eyes to TV screens parading loss of life and total destruction?
Since you have gone that far marking the above statement as True or False, you might like to answer this one question about the American Intelligence Qutient. Kill for the dollar is the American dream coming true. That one must be..well.. very TRUE.Or why else are the troops so anxious to save oil fields with minefields - pun truly intended!
About the Author
Al Seidi, Nevine, Egyptian-born (1961) obtained her BA in English Literature(Honours) from Alexandria University Egypt. She grew up in an artistic literary home where her dad acted and wrote scripts while keeping a private office of law as a Solicitor. To please him, she had to read the concise version of Shakespeare at 8 for her summer holiday. She trained as a painter at 6 under the patronage of world-famous Seif Wanli. At the age of 13, she started composing poetry in both English and Arabic. She won many contests as a painter and a poet. She has been a writer to her own circle of literary society, eversince. At the age of 18, she started getting interested in fashion seriously.She was determined to follow a career in fashion albeit studing literature. Highly, interested in theology, philosophy,sociology, economics, politics and very well informed in fashion, beauty and business. She tapped into various professions, before a career in fashion that ended at the threshold of creative writing again.Her moment of initiation was the birth of her only son Omar,now3. "Suddenly, the fashion world seemed a little too selfish a pursuit; motherhood anchored me to the reality of things. Unfortuanately, reality is not as beautiful as the fashion world" - She explains. She is an active journalist writer and poet with a deep interest in political and social affairs. She writes on many web sites on various subjects as well as various publications and periodicals. As a poet, she is published in the US. Some of her work appear in an anthology published by the L ibrary of Congress entitled: Nature's Echoes One of her most interesting poems is published in Millennium Poets by Cader Publisheing. The Poem is titled : Surrogate God . Though amusing, it hardly expresses the poet's belief. It is rather an expression of a mood. She is presently writing her first book: The Cultural Predicament of the Third World The Ethical vs. the Ethnical
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