the war on Iraq has proven that emotions are as just as powerful as weapons. looking back at the situation in 2003, the American public was still emotionally disturbed due to the terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York, which helped many people ethically agree that the invasion of Iraq was the sensible thing to do. Taking a look at the Iraqi public, the first reaction raised many eyebrows, as many of the Iraqis were celebrating the American invasion in the streets. No more did they have to be ruled by a tyrant, no more did they have to worry about the wellbeing of their family members and friends, but little did they know, they were in for a troublesome ride.
Iraqis eventually grew tired of the American existence in their country as they knew that having a foreign country interfering in their daily affairs was not the democracy they were looking for. and after the news of the sickening acts that happened in Abu Ghraiib Prison spread out, the insurgents attacks on the U S Army in Iraq grew bigger in number, and a majority of the American public became fed up with their troops staying in Iraq.
A short period of time passed by before the notorious Al-Zarqawi was on the run targeting many of the Iraqi Shia Muslims, and iraqi civilians who shared different believes than himself, and then came the suicide bombings in markets blowing innocent people up. after a while the Iraqi Shias deicded to retaliate and that was the start of the iraqi civil war that still isn't over till today. The civil war made people lose all trust in the insurgents, and in the US troops as well, which drove many Iraqis to miss Saddam's late regime as things could not get any worse.
capturing Saddam was expected to be one on the main break points in Iraqi history, and it was, as he was shown to be captured in a hole, which also drove many of his supporters to turn against him. Then came the famous execution that was accidentally captured on a camera phone in a room which is supposed to be surrounded by high ranked army and government officials, not only did the video show Saddam getting executed, it also showed one of the executors shouting Muqtada Alsader's name, the anti Saddam Shia leader just before Saddam was executed, which brought heat against the Shia, not only in Iraq, but in most of the Arab world, and also made Saddam look like a hero dying for his people, and therefore increasing the hatred towards the current Iraqi Government and somehow justifying the fighting between Sunna and Shia Muslims to go on.
and the latest example was the Sunni and Shia insurgents fighting Alqaeda in Iraq which somehow decreased the hatred thats flowing around between them as they had the same enemy.
Where does it stop??? please share your comments.
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While it may be true that emotions run high in times of war and peace, perhaps the most passionate yet disturbing cries can be found in the videos of Osama Bin Laden, with one of his most notebable video's being the one published shortly before the American presidental elections of 2005, in which he appeared as a a figure seeking to exude authority and to be seen as a powerful figure with a message intended for longevity.
Of course the secret recordings of the Hussein execution may have in the mind of many personified the former tyrant as heroic and martyr-like but it is important to note that throughout history from the period of the French Revolution, in WWII's fascist Italy and Spain and into Vietnam prior to its civil war of 1965, many prominant international figures have been the subjects of publicised executions and on a number of accounts their deaths have hearalded in the dawning of a new era for the generation to come; the glitch however is that the era kicks off literally with a bang!
To deny that emotions play a poignant role in politics, as in the example of Iraq would be to dismiss the deaths of billions of civilians and freedom fighters and put down their plight as simple mediocrity.
Human existance thrives on the threshold of emotion and to forget that emotion can work in a positive light would be universal suicide and the mechanising of life as it is known.
You'd think after all of that then the US would learn not to start any wars over greedy justifications. They are already complaining about how they need more soldiers in Iraq to maintain "stability" but don't want their soldiers dying, so don't want to send anymore. On the other hand, they are already threatening Iran with war, which soldiers are you going to send? Good on Iran for being the only country to stand up to them.
New Era? I don't think so, there won't be anymore eras, the world isn't going to last that long.. Countries will go to war, Brothers will go to war, and the rest will be consumed by the war against nature. Just have to wait and see..
Adnan,
You are making some great points and this is definitly something that you are passionate about so good on you. It is great to see the passion from class spills over to outside.
Just a quick thought though, part of the brief for this part of the class is the hyperlinks, maybe you can fit some in on things like when you mentioned shia muslims. Some of us westerners are quite ignorant and don't know the difference between sunni and shia muslims.
And if i don't see you before the hoilidays have fun and see you next year.
I agree with sola.
Talking of the campaine for the election of the next president USA, we got a native American guy (who is trying to get votes from black people) and a white felame (who wants votes from females and fight the issue of feminism). I think what they look like is like a mask and underneath them, its just like normal white people because their traditional cultural beliefs and values are washed away with the drilling of the white people's way of politics. I'm sure they learnt the politics at a univerisities that are well-recognised and run by white people. It's amazing how people get manipulated by ethos (by the look and how they dress) and pathos(what they say emotionally affect them). Some people just believes everything that George Bush says.... They need to have more individual thoughts and rather than letting politians make all the decisions, (because it's easy to assume that they know better than us), have a doubt in them and try to get your voice heard.
Money, Politics and Religion keeps us in fear and keeps us divided. We owe nothing to politicians and spiritual leaders, we owe it all to the land and the coming generations!!!!
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