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That we should not celebrate the liberation of Iraq
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Operation Iraqi Freedom had about as much to do with freedom as Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue has to do with marketing swimwear: It is little more than an afterthought, a rationalization, and a cover up for the hegemonic designs of the Bush administration and its Republican and Democratic supporters in Congress. In fact America has done such a good job of liberating Iraq that the average age is now just 17 years old. How can we celebrate the liberation of Iraq? The affirming team defined “liberation” as “the seeking of equal status or just treatment for any group”. Despite the war being officially over tens of thousands of American troops continue to occupy Iraq under the pretence of helping the Iraqi people rebuild their lives. This state of affairs is commonly known as an occupation and it is defined as “the control of a country by a foreign military power”. Occupation does not equate to liberation and is therefore no cause for celebration. The war on Iraq by President Bush’s “coalition of the willing” caused more destruction and irreparable damage than Saddam ever did. The reason for this being that for Saddam to be successful he could not destroy his own country but the US had no such problems. Traces of depleted iranium are scattered across the countryside, unexploded cluster bombs abandoned and unchartered. Every essential piece of Iraqi infrastructure obliterated, power plants, hospitals and water purification facilities destroyed. The liberation of Iraq is more a cause for concern than reason to celebrate, for the Iraqis, the Americans and the greater world we live in. An unprovoked war on Iraq has been interpreted by many in the Muslim world as a vendetta against Muslims.
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