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July 02, 2003
Insurgent's motivation still baffles bush
President Cowboy^H^H^H^H^H^HBush is quoted by the Washington Post here as saying:
"There are some who feel like that conditions are such that they can attack us there," Bush told reporters at the White House. "My answer is bring them on. We have the force necessary to deal with the situation."
It should be obvious to even the most brainwashed right-winged fascists out there that Bush is completely out of touch with the reality of the Iraq situation. There will be no large-scale, organized insurgent force to challenge the might of the US military in Iraq. Fighting at the battalion and division level is over. What there will be is more suicide attacks against US interests, both military and civilian. Small military patrols, NGOs, especially those who have Iraqi popular support, power lines, the water supply, and pipelines leading out of Iraq will be targeted. These are the issues everyone was referring to as the "hard part after the war". These problems will not be solved by military means, yet Bush is trying to do just that. These aren't military issues, they are political issues. Sure, the attacks are violent and occasionally directed against US forces, but the motivation is NOT to diminish the strength of the US military force in Iraq, but rather to turn around US and Iraqi opinion. And it's working.
The US in general and Bush in particular simply can not understand the motivation or fathom the resolve of the factions they are fighting against. Bush still thinks this is a military issue. The attacks against our interests in Iraq are not military, they are political. Bush has a box full of military hammers, so all of Iraq's problems look like nails to him.
Until we diversify the forces in Iraq by bringing in the UN, NATO, other Arabic countries to help police Iraq, these attacks will continue and his approval rating will continue to decline. At this point, I don't know if that's a bad thing. Bush is testing my resolve as a good, voting Republican. At this point, I can't say I want him for another 4 years.
He better wake up or he'll be following his father's footsteps in yet another way.
Posted by Christopher at July 2, 2003 12:49 PM
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