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Dragonlich · 04-19-2003, 09:50 AM

I find it incredibly disturbing how people these days cannot seem to wait for anything anymore.

The war is, what, in it's third or fourth week? Baghdad has been occupied for barely more than a week... Already the people there are demanding this, and demanding that, and saying the US isn't going to help them after all. There are already people saying that there are no WMDs because none have been found yet. Already, Iraq's neighbors are demanding a quick pull-out. Already, people all over the world are demanding the US to stop looters, fix the electricity, water supply, get medical aid to everyone, bring in food, and restore order today (no, yesterday!). Oh, and they have to organize elections and get their forces out too. While they're still fighting minor battles...

1) Rebuilding Iraq, and Iraq's infrastructure, takes time. Especially if all the Iraqis are doing is *complaining*, instead of DOING something themselves. You got a problem with looters? Stop them! You got a problem with the water supply? Fix it! But complaining and protesting is probably simpler...
2) Finding WMDs in a country the size of Iraq takes time. They could be buried in the middle of the desert, and nobody would ever find them. The US has to find Iraqis who know where to look, and they need to search, find and test the sites... A reason the US forces hasn't found WMDs yet, might be that they were too busy *fighting*. You can't beat the Iraqi army when you're out looking for WMDs instead of shooting. Also, if the former regime had indeed moved the WMDs to Syria... well, good luck finding them, or finding any proof to back this claim.
3) The US will organize elections, and they will leave. However, if they were to speed things up, we might (will) end up with a second Iran. The only organized group left, after the demise of the Ba'ath party, is the Shi'ite clergy. They'd like nothing more than grabbing power and making Iraq into a fundy Islamic state. In fact, some of their leaders already said that democracy isn't right for Iraq, and that *they* should be in power...

04-19-2003, 09:50 AM	#10 (permalink)
Dragonlich 42, baby! Location: The Netherlands	I find it incredibly disturbing how people these days cannot seem to wait for anything anymore. The war is, what, in it's third or fourth week? Baghdad has been occupied for barely more than a week... Already the people there are demanding this, and demanding that, and saying the US isn't going to help them after all. There are already people saying that there are no WMDs because none have been found yet. Already, Iraq's neighbors are demanding a quick pull-out. Already, people all over the world are demanding the US to stop looters, fix the electricity, water supply, get medical aid to everyone, bring in food, and restore order today (no, yesterday!). Oh, and they have to organize elections and get their forces out too. While they're still fighting minor battles... 1) Rebuilding Iraq, and Iraq's infrastructure, takes time. Especially if all the Iraqis are doing is complaining, instead of DOING something themselves. You got a problem with looters? Stop them! You got a problem with the water supply? Fix it! But complaining and protesting is probably simpler... 2) Finding WMDs in a country the size of Iraq takes time. They could be buried in the middle of the desert, and nobody would ever find them. The US has to find Iraqis who know where to look, and they need to search, find and test the sites... A reason the US forces hasn't found WMDs yet, might be that they were too busy fighting. You can't beat the Iraqi army when you're out looking for WMDs instead of shooting. Also, if the former regime had indeed moved the WMDs to Syria... well, good luck finding them, or finding any proof to back this claim. 3) The US will organize elections, and they will leave. However, if they were to speed things up, we might (will) end up with a second Iran. The only organized group left, after the demise of the Ba'ath party, is the Shi'ite clergy. They'd like nothing more than grabbing power and making Iraq into a fundy Islamic state. In fact, some of their leaders already said that democracy isn't right for Iraq, and that they should be in power...