Hillary Clinton just two days back said that the Iraq war can’t be won. I really hope you didn’t get carried away reading it and started taking her seriously! She is still a first generation dynastic hopeful with her husband having no war experience. George Bush on the other hand is a seasoned second generation warring cowboy!! And trust you me he knows the game better than you can imagine. Let me explain you how the smoke ‘em out cowboy has actually won the war on Iraq... well at least as far as his schemes were concerned!!
It has been exactly five years since the time President George Bush went on a rampage on Iraq, hunting for those world threatening WMDs!! In these five years the world is testimony to the fact that the US could neither find any WMDs, nor could their intelligence establish any links between the Late Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaida, but in effect, on account of the ongoing American engagement, Iraq got completely devastated. Over 1.1 million Iraqis have been killed, some 2.2 million displaced, and more than 40% has been pushed to abject poverty. The worst affected are the children, 28% of whom are malnourished and some 11% are underweight.
The obvious question then is that when there weren’t any WMDs, any Al Qaida links, and on top of that, of late, there had been glimpses of apparent acceptance of mistake of engaging with Iraq by the President Bush himself, then why is it that American troops are still occupying Iraq? And why on the earth am I trying to say that George Bush has won the Iraq war? Well, the answer to this complex question lies in the burgeoning budgets of Pentagon and the financial statements of few of the biggest corporations of America – because all wars aren’t always won on the battlefields. The fact is that from almost USD 300 billion in 2001, the defence budget of the US has grown to a staggering USD 670 billion in 2008.
It has been exactly five years since the time President George Bush went on a rampage on Iraq, hunting for those world threatening WMDs!! In these five years the world is testimony to the fact that the US could neither find any WMDs, nor could their intelligence establish any links between the Late Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaida, but in effect, on account of the ongoing American engagement, Iraq got completely devastated. Over 1.1 million Iraqis have been killed, some 2.2 million displaced, and more than 40% has been pushed to abject poverty. The worst affected are the children, 28% of whom are malnourished and some 11% are underweight.
The obvious question then is that when there weren’t any WMDs, any Al Qaida links, and on top of that, of late, there had been glimpses of apparent acceptance of mistake of engaging with Iraq by the President Bush himself, then why is it that American troops are still occupying Iraq? And why on the earth am I trying to say that George Bush has won the Iraq war? Well, the answer to this complex question lies in the burgeoning budgets of Pentagon and the financial statements of few of the biggest corporations of America – because all wars aren’t always won on the battlefields. The fact is that from almost USD 300 billion in 2001, the defence budget of the US has grown to a staggering USD 670 billion in 2008.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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