It is apparent that Iraq obviously wishes to bring about its own demise. Time and again have multiple countries come to Iraq’s aide in reconstruction and repair since the end of Major Combat in Iraq. Coalition forces have been working hard long hours to help better Iraq for the future and current generations of Iraq. And it is this same Coalition and Allied Forces that these Iraqi Insurgents now attack. It seems that Iraq has decided that taking on US occupying soldiers isn’t enough, it must also attack those people who are simply here to help better their crumbling nation.
In the month of November at least 104 Coalition forces from various countries, to include, but not limited to, Spain, S. Korea, Japan, and Columbia have been killed by ambushes and other violent attacks. Of these 104, 25 were from a country other than the US. It’s amazing how the very people who we’re trying to help continue to pursue forms of attacks on us.
Perhaps Iraq doesn’t realize what would happen if all Coalition forces were to leave it’s territory. Or perhaps they prefer the anarchy that has taken hold of their very land. It is our obligation as a liberating nation to repair the damage we caused during the war. But when is this obligation no longer necessary? I believe the time for helping these people is over. Every effort we put forth to help out Iraq, they destroy with an IED (Improvised Explosive Device), Rocket-Propelled Grenades, Hand Grenades, and continuous ambushes.
In my time as a US soldier in Iraq I have convoyed up and down the highways throughout the country during various parts of the war. What I see saddens me sorely. Piles and piles of trash lay alongside the roads. People are living in homes made of aluminum cans. There are some, the rich, who don’t have it so bad here, but for the most part this country is in ruins. So the Coalition forces strive to make this country a better and more peaceful country to live in; while the Iraqi Insurgents continue to attack them and make their efforts seemingly futile.
So, what could become of Iraq were we to leave these people to their makings now? From what I gathered the country would lie in anarchy. People doing whatever they wished whenever they wished; in fact that’s almost what it’s like now. Someone perhaps would rise up and take power in Iraq. Most likely I see Iraq falling into ruins, degrading to the point where only the strong survive and the weak are killed. But most likely these Guerilla’s would try to take control of the very country they are preventing reconstruction in.
I ask myself when I read the news and it says that more Coalition forces have been killed, What are these Insurgents trying to accomplish? We’ve been training police officers to try and take back the streets and cities in Iraq, but the Insurgents attack the newly assigned officers because they were helped by the Americans. Well, like it or not, in order for Iraq to be restored, help will now have to come from the Americans and Coalition forces. We liberated this country, now we must fix it. But so long as these insurgents and guerillas continue their attacks and constant rebellious attitude, Iraq will never know any form of peace. Perhaps that is what they want though, to live in anarchy, chaos, and terror.
I personally don’t think it’s worth it to be over here. But of course my opinion is slightly bias granted that I’ve been over here for the past year and am frankly sick of this country. I say let them destroy themselves. I say let them live in chaos. Mainly, I say bomb the hell out of the country and turn it into a glass parking lot.