It is saddening to hear about more deaths in Iraq daily on the news, which makes one wonder how many more souls are lost not reported on BBC due to the lack of space for "Middle East" news; deaths simply excluded too easily.
Do you think the more troops the West sends into Iraq, the more it fuels the anti-occupational sentiment, causing more Iraqis and multi-national forces to lose their lives? Some believe more troops in Iraq can outnumber insurgents, yet others believe that more troops will only fuel the wrath of the local insurgents. Perhaps only after buckets of innocent blood, will history draw a conclusive answer. Perhaps never conclusive. Will we ever know?
At Warwick's One World Week forum yesterday, the Personal Adviser to the Iraqi Prime Minister was on the panel of "Questioning Democracy". "We write our Constitution in our blood" which sounded like a line from a Hollywood epic, held much meaning when he said it through his stories of the struggle of the Iraqi people to be self-deterministic. He was very fervent in bringing across the point that democracy in Iraq is not imported, but one that is determined, fought and preserved by the Iraqi people.
Does America think it is exporting its own brand of democracy into Iraq? On one hand, US is like a mother who always thinks she knows best. But she forgets her kid grows up, and has his own pride and set of experiences that makes him a unique individual. She must learn to let go isn't it?
Random comparison
Between freedom of speech and efficacy, which would you choose?
Uncle T
