Nobody can deny the ecstasy of the Iraqi people at the disappearance of the evil regime of Saddam. Thirty-five years, three wars, and thousands upon of thousands of deaths later, the Iraqi people can finally put the tyranny of Saddam behind them. But that doesn’t mean that the Iraqi people can’t ask questions as to who were the main perpetrators behind their misery and have a say in where their country and future is heading. Iraq, like an old woman teetering on the edge of existence, is awaiting either a final and fatal blow towards her demise or rejuvenation towards normalcy. It was the American led invasion of Iraq last spring that ousted the formal governance of Saddam, but that doesn’t automatically award the American Military Machine the title of Liberator. There were undeniable driving forces behind the occupation of Iraq, the least credible of which is the humanitarian condition of the Iraqi people. Let us not forget the honeymoon American governments of the past, some of which include cronies like Rumsfeld himself, enjoyed with Saddam. A fruitful relationship that was culminated with the systematic killing of more than a million Iraqis under the guise of sanctions. No military plans were being drawn up in the backrooms of the White House when Saddam was unleashing his terror against the people of Iraq. In fact, Saddam was the USA’s favorite strongman in the region and the West regularly procured his services, most notably during his murderous war waged against the Iraqi and Iranian people alike.

Not only does this suggest American support for Saddam but also presents serious and logically sound arguments that they were involved in his elevation to power in the Baghdad political scene, making them equally if not more culpable in the crimes that have been committed against Iraqis for over three decades. So why did America dawn their blue and red suits and fly to the “rescue” of the Iraqi people? To give American politicians the benefit of the doubt, despite the stupidity of it all, let us examine the main arguments presented by them. We have already discounted the humanitarian excuses thrown at us by various Washington spin cats as a mere lie, the cornerstone of politics. Other arguments that at times seemed to be conjured at the last minute to inspire the world to support yet another massacre along the banks of the Tigris included but were not limited to a hunt for Weapons of Mass Destruction, fighting Terrorism, and repelling threats against “peace loving” nations. Well, the weapons were never found, and in fact much evidence has surfaced postmortem suggesting that Iraq never had the capabilities to build a proper football pitch let alone a nuclear warhead.

The Terror still reigns worldwide, even in Iraq ironically. And as to defending the “peaceful” nations of the regions, there still lies amidst the dunes and valleys of the vast Arab world, the undeniable demon of Israel. The absence of truth in the official parlance of governments leaves the ordinary person with the dreaded task of searching for the truth, a truly forgotten art. There are always two sides to the truth, and in this case, they are power and money. The imperialistic appetite of the West in general, and America in specific, has been reenergized since the tragedy of the Twin Towers. After securing oil pipelines from lucrative Caspian reservoirs through Afghanistan, the brutality of American foreign policy turned its eyes on the appealing benefits reaped from the occupation of Iraq. Not only will Americans secure another military outpost in a region increasing in animosity to American interests, but an invasion would also deliver the final blow to any revolutionary and true democratic aspirations of the peoples of the Middle East. Naturally, such dominance will also provide great economic benefits to the sprawling aspirations of capitalists. Destroying a country means only one thing: rebuilding it. Therefore it was not a great surprise that the main driving forces in Bush’s administration behind the war were all proud members of large corporations, the same corporations that are now left with the mouth watering proposition of rebuilding the same country that they and Saddam destroyed. Iraqis are now faced with the arduous task of finding their way through the chaotic blood bath and indignity brought with occupation.