From the Arab Times (Kuwait), 3/2/07, by Ahmed Al-Jarallah, Editor-in-Chief [my emphasis added - SL]...
FOUR years after invading and occupying Iraq...the Americans have woken up to the reality ...the democracy they were trying to sell in the land of darkness has not yielded the desired results and they have failed to ensure security or stability. The Americans came to Iraq with their own beliefs and system, based on freedom and democracy.
In their effort to create a new, democratic Iraq the Americans inadvertently opened the doors of that country to terrorists and others, who were thirsting for revenge and keen to divide Iraq according to ethnic groups and sects. This will ultimately endanger the Arab and Islamic worlds.
After realizing they have become hostages of Iran, Syria and other religious groups in Iraq, the Americans have been able to identify their real enemies. Now they have decided to clean Iraq of all intruders, before establishing a new, free, and democratic Iraq with an open economy.
The blood of innocent people has been soaking the soil of Iraq for over four years. After being late to wake up and understand the real facts, the Americans should first attack Iran’s influence and the death squads in Iraq to deliver a clean country to the new Iraqi government. From the beginning the Americans should have realized that Iraq’s neighbours don’t recognize or believe in democracy. People of these countries have had a historical urge to take revenge on the United States. Now the US should hold all its keys together and bring peace and stability to Iraq by force.
If only the United States had followed a firm policy from the beginning, Iraq wouldn’t have been turned into a killing field, where agents of Iran and Syria move freely to implement their mission without any fear. ...Now it is too late to regret. Now the game has to be played according to new rules. If stability and security are to return to Iraq use of overwhelming power is a must.
Only after cleaning and stabilizing Iraq, talk of freedom, democracy, passing laws and the constitution can begin. Three years have been lost and the lives of countless Iraqis have been wasted. It is time the United States used its military might to rectify the situation.
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