Underlying Reasons...

An excerpt from Critical analysis of regime changes in Iraq 2003: Underlying reasons behind the Iraq War. By Roderick John Young Chapter one. Analysis for Regime Change In Iraq A few years or so ago, the "peace movement" shouted that Afghanistan could not even be approached by a UN coalition without risking the server undying enmity of the Muslim world or that the Taliban regime could not be bombed during Ramadan or that a humanitarian disaster graver than ever would occur if Islamic ultra-fanatics were ever confronted in their own lairs. However now we have an imperfect but recovering Afghanistan with elections help recently at a National level, and a population increased of almost two million returned refugees. There were similar critics and cynics lining up and saying, "Hands off Saddam Hussein," These people almost made the same doom-laden predictions. Even thought the line that connects Afghanistan and Iraq is not a straight one the results have been the same. It is hard to ignore the direct connection between al Qaeda and the Taliban regime. Saddam Hussein even denounced the timely removal of the Sunni Muslim-murdering Slobodan Milosevic; he also denounced the removal too of the Shiite-murdering Taliban. It can be seen that with Saddam the state of Iraq has been sponsoring him in his terror campaigns(Hitchens, 2003)[1]! If the counsel of the peace-protestors had been followed then Kuwait would today be a 19th province of Iraq. Also based on Saddam Hussein own recently produced evidence, he would have acquired nuclear weapons by now. Moreover, Bosnia would now be a trampled and cleansed province and part of Greater Serbia. Kosovo then would have been emptied greatly of most of its inhabitants. The Taliban too would still be in power in Afghanistan. Yet what is missing on the contented air and moral superiority that seems to surrounds those who intone the "peace movement." There are three well-established reasons in favor what is termed "regime change" in Iraq. The first is the year after year flouting by Saddam Hussein of many known law on genocide and human rights(Bruni, 2004b). This is why the Senate with the urging of Bill Clinton came to pass the Iraq Liberation Act and did it unanimously even before George W. Bush had even been nominated to stand for president. The second is the persistent efforts by Saddam's brutal regime to acquire the weapons of genocide. The use of these was seen in the Iran-Iraq war 1980-88. These actions of gaining WMD were condemned by the United Nations even before George W. Bush was governor of Texas. Then the third is the continuous and systematic involvement by the Iraqi secret police with the international underworld in terror and destabilization. In Iraq prisons and mass graves have been uncovered. The no-fly zones have been good for the people who live under them. Dr. Barham Salih, is the elected prime minister in one sector of Iraqi Kurdistan. Neither he nor his electorate would have had this right with out protection. The no-fly zones were imposed as a result due to democratic protest in the West and at the end of the 1991 Gulf War. In this part of Iraq, "regime change" was shown too occurred before Hussein was removed. Under the no fly zone there were dozens of newspapers, development of numerous radio and this included TV channels along with satellite dishes even Internet cafes. A total of four female judges had been appointed. Almost half the students in the University of Sulaimaniya are women[2]. A pro al Qaeda group who recently transferred from Afghanistan was then trying to assassinate the Kurdish leadership(Bruni, 2004a). [1] Hitchens, Christopher January 16, 2003 issue of The Stranger, a Seattle weekly News Paper. [2] Ibid. Pretty good stuff