Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Pro: We should withdraw from Iraq

First of all, it must be said that the ideal of creating a democracy in a country where no such thing has existed for the passed few thousand years is naive and unrealistic. The Iraqi's don't even want America to be there, let alone having a government based on the American structure. Infact, when they hear the word "democracy" they think of it as a codeword for "we want your oil." The last time the Iraqi's were open to a democracy was way back when the British had colonized it. I'm not going to go into too much detail on the matter but it ended miserably and a democracy was never established. Who are we to impose democracy on Iraq anyway? Sure, if we withdraw now the whole region will be rampid with chaos. So it's our responsibility to help them. If that's the case, then why don't we help South Africa? How about North Korea? Last I checked, neither places quite had it all together. Then again, they aren't rich with precious fossil fuel. It would be better just to let them settle their own problems. Clearly, the only reason we are still in Iraq is to gain control of their oil. The British failed at the same task, I think it's time we learn from the past and admit that we failed at whatever it was we allegedly were trying to win.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

You have really convinced me because that is a good arguement right there about south africa and norht korea who are not together either and yet were stuck in iraq. That's very convincing that we just want their oil