So Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed in an American attack. They sent jet bombers to a house where he was known to be and blasted it with 500lb laser-guided bombs. He died - although according to some recent reports not immediately. He died on a stretcher after some American soldiers saw him move.
Hmmmmm!???
Photographs - some bloody, some almost serene - adorned the newspapers that I was able to see. They were also very present on TV and other media news that I was able to gain access to.
Comments from leaders around the world all said it was an immense victory. Who am I to argue? Doubtless the man was big in Al-Qaeda. There is video footage of him beheading a Western hostage. He stood for evil.
That is according to the media I am able to see and interpret.
When the likes of Bush and Blair state that this is a moment of triumph then I get worried.
Yes, I worry that the people of Iraq should be free. Yes I agree that all people should have freedom of thought, belief and the ability to express these.
But I get uncomfortable when I see Bush and Blair dictating what those beliefs should be. Why is the Western way of democracy the only true way? Why is might always right?
Al-Zaqarwi is dead. I hope his god will forgive him for the sins he has committed on this earth - for it is documented that they are many.
Bush, Blair and their ilk are still alive. They are crowing about the death of one person as if it was the salvation of all the troubles in Iraq.
Do they really think we are all as shallow-thinking as that?
We've killed al-Zaqarwi so let's pull out all the troops from Iraq!
Bollocks it's not that easy. We went in to create democracy but we have created a further monster that is probably as bad as the one that preceded it.
I still get the feeling that had Saddam Hussein been ruling a country which did not have lots of oil no one would have raised and eyebrow at his regime, let alone invaded his country in the name of "freedom and democracy".
But America and the "free" world need energy.
At any price, it seems.
Nuff said.
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