Iraq; A Hell on Earth Made in Washington D.C

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Iraq; A Hell on Earth Made in Washington D.C.

By Marshall Adame | bio

Why America went into Iraq is something for the pundits, academics and the politicians to discuss into the next century. What has happened there since our arrival is something I can only hope will be fully realized and understood by the American public and every elected official in our country.

From my personal experiences of living in Iraq for three years, I have concluded Americas leadership is solely responsible for the entire country of Iraq becoming a living hell of suffering, poverty, starvation and depravation, unimaginable to either Iraqi or U.S. citizen just prior to our arrival in Iraq in 2003.

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It seemed to me that the leadership in the Embassy in Baghdad were very unaware, almost detached, from what the average U.S. Soldier was experiencing on a day to day basis outside of Baghdad’s green zone where life was actually pretty close to just being normal. Although the senior officers in the Embassy would , from time to time fly out to the Forward Operating Bases (FOBs), their arrival and departure was always very scheduled and planned. Very rarely would any of these officers actually go outside of a FOB where the troops were going everyday amongst the Iraqi general population.

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Donald Rumsfeld and General Casey seemed obsessed with ensuring The State Department (Condi Rice) did not get a firm foothold onto the leadership or management of the Iraq development planning, and that included the diplomatic part of the mission. From my perspective, the U.S. Ambassador was a figure head who simply did what General Casey and Don Rumsfeld decided needed to be accomplished by the State Department.

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Many projects started by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers throughout Iraq, were never finished and many were simply de-scoped and made to appear complete when in fact they were not. Water plants and Electric plants in Iraq were built and never turned on. Iraqi Military bases were built under the auspices and direct supervision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who would complete the projects, only to standby and watch the Iraqis loot the newly built and furnished facilities to the bone. The U.S. Army Corps of engineers and the Program Contracting Office (PCO) themselves took a very large piece of the Iraq construction money; A very large piece. If it is ever investigated, I feel another scandal of waste, fraud and abuse will be in the headlines.

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The Hell we have created for the Iraqis? Out of our control now. It has evolved into a full fledged and unhealthy civil war between religious factions who both are more than willing to sacrifice their children, their women, their boys and girls in order to get the advantage over the other they seek.

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[nam78_two]

1. K&R.nt

[Kagemusha]

2. Not that it was peaches & cream under Saddam and sanctions either.

If it was peaches & cream under Saddam, the US' leadership would've been highly disappointed after all. It's just impressive how much worse things could get.

[dave_p]

9. I never imagined it could get worse

I remember defenders of the invasion arguing "At least this will end the sanctions that have already killed half a million: things have to get better for ordinary Iraqis, right?" And it was difficult to answer, because I wanted Iraqis freed of the sanctions too. If only we'd known just how bad things would get.

[Bitwit1234]

3. It really hurts your heart.

Every time I see those poor people from Iraq, the destruction of their homes, and the mess bush has made of Iraq it makes me so ill. And then add to the fact the death and maiming of our military.

I really can't watch a lot of it, because sometimes it makes you want to cry...and then the maniac says..."he sleeps pretty good at night".

[bullimiami]

4. and as lord and creator of that hell, bush is the devil incarnate. ie an antichrist.

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[opihimoimoi]

6. So Pathetically sad but true...Bush is the Devil and the GOP who enabled this guy should be drawn

and quartered....

[jedr]

7. I've seem to have lost tract;

What is the current reason that we are waging this war. It's hard to remember as it changes from week to week!!!!!:sarcasm:

[watrwefitinfor]

8. "So the dead troops didn't die in vain"

seems to be the current official reason.

Another reason that is gaining favor is, "if we leave there will be a bloodbath."

What can a sane person possibly say to those?

Wat

[dave_p]

10. "Things can only get better"!

Same claim as in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

We've done such a fine job, how could we possibly quit now?