The toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003 opened a "Pandora's box" of ethnic and sectarian tensions that could engulf the region in all-out war and disrupt the global economy if U.S. forces were to leave the country too soon, says the top American diplomat in Iraq.
In remarks that were among the frankest and bleakest public assessments of the situation by a high-level American official, U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said the "potential is there" for sectarian violence to become all-out civil war, but that Iraq for now had pulled back from that prospect after the wave of sectarian reprisals for the Feb. 22 bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra.
"If another incident (occurs), Iraq is really vulnerable to it at this time," Khalilzad said in an interview.
Abandoning Iraq in the way the U.S. disengaged from civil wars in Lebanon, Afghanistan and Somalia could have dramatic global repercussions, he said.
Now we see what's going on. With civil war about to erupt all over the damn place the US can't even think about pulling out.
My guess is that the first big "golden dome" mosque attack was either planned or supported by American interests. At the very least it was capitalized on to help create strife between two sects of Islam. The idea is to get them fighting against each other so that the American Military/Industrial Complex (AMIC) can stay involved.
This manipulation becomes even more evident when you consider just who U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad really is. Here is just part of what SourceWatch.Org [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Zalmay_Khalilzad|says about him] :
Zalmay Khalilzad, the most senior Pashtun-American and highest-ranking Muslim to serve in the Bush administration,[1] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1736789.stm) became the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan in November 2003. He headed the Bush-Cheney transition team for the Defense Department in 2000 and has been a Counselor to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld. [2] (http://usembassy.state.gov/afghanistan/wwwhbiozal.html)
He is a member of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, PNAC Letter (http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm) sent to President William Jefferson Clinton.
The SourceWatch page has much more on him but I think the above quote is a case of 'nuff saidness. The PNAC, in case you didn't know, are a group of neo-conservatives who believe the key to planetary security is to have America in charge of Earth by using it's military to keep countries in line.
So, an argument coming from Khalizad, or any other neo-con, that holds that America can't pull out now has nothing to do with the truth on the ground--it's only a manifestation of their plan to rule the world through American military surpremacy.
I'm not making this shit up--go to the PNAC website yourself if you don't believe me (NewAmericanCentury.Org). Specifically check out the publications section and DL their PDF called "Rebuilding America's Defenses." It's basically a replay of Grand Moff Tarkin's speech from the original Star Wars on how cool the Death Star is and how fear of it will keep everyone from dicking around. Seriously--this thing talks about "enhancing the inherent stability in the Middle East by increasing the US military presence there." That's not an exact quote but pretty close. It was written in 2000--before 911. "Inherent stability???" Is that why we invaded because it was stable? Is that why Sadam needed to be taken out, because he was stable?
So, when you start to hear all this crap about how we can't pull out of Iraq because of this civil war don't buy into it.
The reasons to stay, and the civil war itself, are concoctions as much as the reasons to go into Iraq were in the first place.
OH and one more thing--I also think it's interesting how one of Bush's own guys is admitting how screwed up everything is over there. A guy that owes much of his power to Bush is now pointing out things that Bush has done to make things more messy. This is simply Khalilzad putting his PNAC ties ahead of his political agenda. He doesn't care that Bush is being hung out to dry for his mistakes--all he cares about is the furthering of his own beliefs. I wonder if this guy is involved with Carlyle...
Just did some [http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0522-07.htm|quick digging] and wouldn't you know it--he used to be an advisor to Unocal and he hung out in a think-tank with Ronald Reagan's SoD, Frank Carlucci (who also was a Carlyle man). Khalilzad was also a lobbyist for... the Taleban.
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