tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29568269.post3326570838636396572..comments2024-03-19T17:00:35.729-07:00Comments on War on Terrorism: Iraqi, U.S. Forces Kill Three al-Qaida TerroristsRaymond E. Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03127549362971781115noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29568269.post-838464482481769322008-06-12T12:21:00.000-07:002008-06-12T12:21:00.000-07:00The fine citizens of Basra no doubt do want to rid...The fine citizens of Basra no doubt do want to rid their city of evil. The question is, what is the source of the evil as they see it? <BR/>Tariq Ali (2003:1) questions why “otherwise intelligent people in Britain and the United States are surprised on learning that the occupation is detested by a majority of the Iraqi citizens?” After all, many of Saddam Hussein’s most heinous crimes were committed with the aid and support of the United States government. Now four years later, Ali’s prediction that the US will be defeated in Iraq is becoming more and more realistic. Anthony Arnove (2002) points out that in 1991, the US stood by and did nothing while Saddam Hussein brutally put down the Shia rebellion in Southern Iraq. Meanwhile economic sanctions played devastating havoc on the rest of the Iraqi population. Badey (2006:312) marvels that in 2003, Executive Order Number 13290 ordered “the confiscation of all Iraqi property,” yet the Bush Administration honestly expected that American troops in Iraq would be viewed as liberators rather than pirates.Dr. John Maszkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905393599292676151noreply@blogger.com