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02/16/2004 Entry: "2-16-04 Iraqi freedom"
Anyone that tinks that Iraq is unilaterally better off without Saddam Hussein should think about this set of occurances as a result of our invasion of Iraq. (This is only about the Iraqi people not about the US ramifications.)
1. Iraq is now unstable and may erupt into a bloody civil war between the kurds the shiites and the other groups in Iraq.
2. Iraq's oil industry will be left in control and beholden to a group of international oil companies like Exxon and BP.
3. Some of the officials appointed by the US to head the interim Gov. and make a new consitution are embezzlers and con men.
4. Iraq is now a fertile ground for terrorist, and guerilla fighting which will lead to many civilian casualties.
5. Just like in Florida, we have told the Iraqi people they are not allowed to vote in general elections.
6. (And this is a big one) Women may lose many of the rights that they had under the secular Gov. of Hussein to the rule of Muslim law if the Gov. changes its constitution. Women will lose the right to divorce, much of their inheritance rights, the right to education and many other civil liberties that women enjoyed under the old "regime". Isn't that ironic. We go there "to free the Iraqi people", and end up taking away their liberties. Sounds a lot like the Patriot Act to me.
Today's song of the day is "WarChild" by Jethro Tull
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