A plan for IRAQ? I think it might be...what do you think?

Question

I have spent much time reflecting on how to handle IRAQ. After considerable thought, we only have 2 realistic options: The western world becomes a Police State OR IRAQ does.

I believe we must look at the country as a whole. It can not be governed to Democracy while the masses are threatened continuously. Implimenting a Totalitarian government will secure the land and ensure the peoples well-being. Then after 3 decades we can move them to democacry

Is the US justified in this action? No, we should’ve never entered this mess without a real plan. UN maybe?

The honest truth is - at least two generations must pass in the country before we can expect any real success. IRAQ is too far gone to impliment a government without an infrastructure to support it. And that takes decades - which is doomed to the US attention span of gotta have results now.

People are affraid of their country turning into a police state… the solution is to turn them into one OR us. Your thoughts?

Answer 1

Here's a question to the President:

Who says that Iraq NEEDS to be a Democracy in the first place?

Look at Saudi Arabia. While they're certainly NOT the immaculate image of what a great country should be, the we're not locked in any sort of standoff with them. Saudi Arabia is ruled by a Royal Family. Jordan also is ruled by royalty, which the U.S. has pretty good relations with. Yet Iran & Iraq, which both has/had oppressive presidents, we have problems with.

Make Iraq a kingdom. We won't have any problems with them then. Of give them another type of government (there are dozens to choose from.) I think trying to make them like the U.S. (which worked for us, but may not for them, since they DIDN'T revolt their leadership by themselves) could actually hurt them. The last thing they want right now (I can only assume) is to have the exact same type of government they did under Saddam.

Now, it's a given they won't be nearly as oppressed under the new leadership, but still, if I were an Iraqi, the last thing I would want is to see the word "president" on T.V.

This might be kind of far out there, but I actually don't think making them in our image is a good idea.

Answer 2

Your plan will not work because Iraq must be left alone to figure out what Iraq wants. Ask yourself this, how long have you lived with and train the Iraqi people outside the wire, if you ever been there at all? The people who are tiring to change Iraq had never spent one night outside the wire or even the Green Zone for that matter. They have no idea how screwed up things are. People are shitting, shaving and showering in the same water, the stuff you don't see on CNN. When I was training the ICDC for over 3 month I learned from the Iraqi people that there is no hope for Iraq with outside help until they can police themselves. For example: The politicians don't govern the cities, it is broken down by neighborhoods within that city and an "Imam" is the one who says what goes. After 15 months there I can say that government can play these games of Democracy all day long but when the bullets start flying, you can't even find an Iraqi Police or any other governing help for that matter.

Answer 3

Dude, all Iraq needs is regional support. Different people in Iraq have different needs and wants, and there must be support from its neighbours. That support would determine Iraq's future and also whether or not US troops should withdraw. There is no point of holding Iraq hostage within the cycle of violence caused by Bush's policies. There must be regional support, and the US should be actively engaged in that process if it really wants to be involved. No hankie pankies there. America will keep its promises and the Arabs will keep thiers. Bush hasn't been doing that. Apparently, how and why the whole Iraq scenario happened is still unanswered. Does Bush realize that all those lives were lost in the context of lies? And what sin it is? I kinda doubt it.

Answer 4

Iraq today is in turmoil and the most important question to answer is how to attain peace in which the people in Iraq and
people worldwide are longing on how to end the present situation.Yes peace is attainable...let everybody work for peace in Iraq and everybody to renounce violence and work for
consensus agreements which all have to follow. If totalitarian
government to be installed first before democracy so be it.
The bottomline here is to have peace and freedom to
everybody in Iraq.