Iraq

On the day when the total causality in Iraq exceeds more than the total number killed on September 11, it seems that United States is about to face the humiliation of Vietnam again. Withdrawal from Iraq looks eminent without achieving the goals set forth in the first place, along with numerous blemishes of torture and inhumane treatment of the Abu Gharib prisoners.

The Neo Conservative strategy based on the Machiavelli principle of ‘Might is Right’ and rules can be bent as per the mighty’s convenience is about to fall flat on ground. Today the war is perpetuating terrorism rather than safeguarding America with pre-emptive measures.

Machiavelli Points out Following Lacunae in Bush Administration Iraq Strategy

o Going to war is not the most important thing but going with proper planning is the most important thing.

o Winning the top is always easier than staying at there. Post war control and administration is much more difficult than defeating a sanction ridden government.

o State governance requires different skill and people than winning a war. Army is good at winning war not at providing domestic security

o No principality or nation can be ruled against the will of its people and hearts and mind can’t be won by the torture pictured in Abu Gharib pictures.

o Dividing the people against each other to rule is not the most prudent way as the weaker faction will always welcome an outside force. The Sunni insurgency is backed by the Al Qaeda while the Southern Iraq is ruled by Militia backed by Iran and Syria.

Machiavelli Suggestions to Bush Administration

o No matter what it takes crush the sectic violence. Already six and half million Iraqis has been killed and more will be killed if the American government fail to maintain law and order condition.

o Reduce the number of American Soldiers on road and arm the locals. No matter even if they are former Bathist. Enabling the locals will go a long way as they have better knowledge of the geographic conditions but also know the inside out of the society. It is always easier to crush nobles when the society is calm rather than the other way round.

o Saddam have a stronghold in the central Iraq and a statesman representative from his sect should be backed to re-instate faith in the insecure Sunni minority.

o Crush the Mehndi Sadr militia in the south so that Iran will have lesser influence on things.

o Back the government elected by people rather than sycophants and pour in crude money back in economy so that people can hope.

At present the people in Iraq doesn’t have hope and until and unless they have hope the vicious cycle of violence won’t stop. Before invasion even though it was ruled by dictator Iraq was still one of the secular countries in the Middle East but not it is nothing. Road is hard and long and if America doesn’t get its act in order, it will leave another Afghanistan – breeding ground for terrorism and hatredness. The dream of shining democracy in the heart of Middle East today is as far as planet Pluto few months ago. It is there … It is there … Oh there is no Pluto anymore. It is not a planet anymore.