Let’s face it, there are many in Iraq that wants us out now and there is no getting around that.

Many have tried to cloak our invasion as liberation from Saddam Hussein. Many saw reasons varying from stopping weapons of mass destruction getting in the wrong hands, which Saddam said he had, to rooting out Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, who cleverly hid their presence from the main network and cable TV news media.

Denial and deception are the Intelligence buzz words today. As Osama bin Laden said after 9/11: “we have exceeded beyond our wildest dreams.” This is so true even today as terrorist cover their atrocities and guide the major world news media attention to fabricated US bombings of the innocent.  The Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorist have become masters of deception and denial. Unfortunately, many American’s know not what they see.

Vice President Joe Biden’s mission to Iraq to promote national reconciliation was rebuffed by Prime Minister Nouri  Maliki, who told him that the issue was a domestic Iraqi affair and that U.S
involvement wouldn’t be welcome.

Biden has been appointed by President Obama as his special representative on dealings with the Persian Gulf nation (read Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan). His primary assignment, the White House said, is to work with Iraqis “toward overcoming their political differences and achieving the type of reconciliation that we all understand has yet to fully take place.”

Denial and deception works for the enemy as well as our “friends.”

Maliki has for too long now deceived the US on his plans and his intentions.

A failed state in Iraq, or even worse in Afghanistan, will be the mill stone around the neck of the 2010 Congressional elections

The sometimes pro-American Kurdish minority, who fears that it will be forgotten as U.S. forces withdraw, would welcome the Obama administration’s involvement in mediating the domestic disputes, especially those concerning its borders.

BINOY KAMPMARK, writing for Counter Punch, July 2, 2009, said it best: “No one genuinely likes liberators.  After the initial enthusiasm wears off, the term occupation rapidly succeeds it.”

Some may think that we have achieved some form of stabilization. However, there is much sectarian tension boiling under the surface of what is called Iraq.

Quoting Binoy Kampmark again:  “Had the US and its bought (sic) allies stated the mission in a humanitarian way from the start, matters might be different, if only slightly.  Instead, they were saddled with inadequate plans for (nation)-building they were ill equipped to muster, on a mission that was
undercut from the start.   Back in 2004, the US proconsul (perhaps viceroy is better?) Paul Bremer, decided to pre-occupy himself with motoring laws, forbidding Iraqi motorists to drive with only one hand on the wheel.  Meanwhile, the insurgency was ratcheting up the bombing campaign.  Such is the absurd nature or state building on the cheap.”

Intelligence is often quoted as being the cornerstone in counterinsurgency and nation-building.

The US can hope that the seeds of democracy have been planted in Iraq. But historians will write against the invasion, stripping it of its value, and placing it in some categories of imperialism.  The US may have been a super-power, adept at deploying military force, but it has often failed badly in the nation building responsibilities.  Lethal drones are easier to command than divided populations.

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