Bill Sykes' Newsletter
from America.
(May 2003)
An ex-Brit gives his views-(without fear
or favor)---of the American Scene
The fighting war against the Iraqi regime is
won - Or is it?
The Iraqi armies collapsed in confusion when
faced with the onslaught of the Coalitions superior weapons
of mass destruction.
This was followed by massive Iraqi troop defections, accompanied
by looting and the loss of law and order.
 The
next step is to establish a government of the people by
the people, not by American interference, but by the Iraqi
people themselves. The first step to attain a democratic
government, (which unfortunately will not happen during
our lifetime), is to ensure that religious entities do
not take over power of government. Mr Bush’s proclamation
that Democracy will be established, appears in his eyes
to be very straight forward until one looks at the powerful
religious entities, such as the Shia who make up 60% of
the population, who are determined to hold the reins of
power. There is no doubt that Shia Muslim Clergy will
endeavour to take over full power of the country and a
civil war will break out and fighting for supremacy will
go on for many years to come.
So, the question is, have we freed the Iraqi people from
one despotic regime to be placed under the control of
another regime of potentially the same degree of brutality
and barbarity?
 Will
Coalition forces have to remain in Iraq to install and
maintain a government formulated in the American image?
Secretary Rumsfeld and the Pentagon say that there will
not be a permanent Army of Occupation in Iraq and America
does not have plans to stay there, but at the same time
the United States are reported to be setting up semi-permanent
bases which one can assume is due to the moral dilemma
caused by the catastrophic loss of Iraqi civilian lives
and a possible escalation of unrest and violence in the
Middle East.
We welcome feedback about any of the contents
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bill_sykes@huddersfield1.co.uk
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