The Bush administration continues to keep up the rhetoric about how “Operation Iraqi Freedom” was designed to rid the people of Iraq of a tyrant. While conservative talk show hosts and administration officials cite footage of Iraqis that appear to be happy to see coalition troops, a more detailed examination of the situation shows that the Iraqis are not eager to see the troops in their cities. The promised revolts and uprisings have failed to materialize. There are a number of reasons why the Iraqi people are not rising up — skepticism and fear about the coalition’s intentions, as they did not assist in uprisings during the Gulf War, nationalism, the bombing and detentions of innocent civilians, or the simple fact that when the United States “installs” a government, the Iraqi people will be far from “liberated.”
Relevant Articles:
- Z Net: Liberation or Libation? Media Images, State Propaganda and ‘Happy Iraqis’
- Common Dreams: ‘Liberated’ City Where Looters Run Wild and Death Stalks the Streets
- AlterNet: Letter from Lebanon: Arabs See a Colonizer Army, Not ‘Liberation’
- Washington Post: U.S. Authorizes Detention of Iraqi Civilians
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