Iraqis celebrate impending US withdrawal - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Iraqis celebrate impending US withdrawal - Middle East - Al Jazeera English


Iraqi protesters burning the U.S. and Israeli flags in Fallujah

As the remaining vestiges of U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Iraq at the end of this year, thousands of protesters in the Iraqi city of Fallujah have taken to the streets to celebrate the impending U.S. withdrawal from Iraq at the end of this year, after more than 8.5 years since the Operate Iraqi Freedom began.  Demonstrators rallied across the streets Wednesday, shouting slogans in support of the resistance, a reference to the campaign by Iraqi fighters in Fallujah which was a bastion of opposition against the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003.  That shows you the kind of "thanks" we are receiving from the Iraqis after having liberated them from the throes of Saddam Hussein almost nine years ago.  It doesn't make sense that the U.S. would spend as much time as they have in Iraq.  What has the U.S. accomplished remaining in Iraq for that long?  Nothing.  I guarantee you the situation will grow worse once the complete removal of U.S. troops takes place.  All our efforts to impose democracy in Iraq has failed.  They may have free elections in Iraq, but what does it amount to?  The people don't know how to rule their own country.  Ever since Saddam's departure, Iraq has experienced all kinds of civil unrest between the Sunnis, Shia's, and the Kurds.  There's too much ethnic division in Iraq.  You can't bring democracy to a Muslim-dominated country.  Democracy is another term for mob rule.  It's the elite mobs that rule.  The Iraqis will never experience true freedom in their country.  They don't consider the U.S. as their allies.  Over the last several years we've spend untolds billions in treausre and lost numerous U.S. soldiers in the name of freedom for the Iraqis.  They're no more secure and safe today than they were five years ago as far as I'm concerned.  The Iraqis don't even approve the sacrifice the U.S. soldiers have made on their behalf.  The U.S. should've withdrawn from Iraq years ago.  There was no reason for us to be in Iraq.  It had nothing to do with 9/11.  We've made billions of dollars for the U.S. defense contractors while fighting in Iraq.  It was no benefit for the U.S.  We can't fight and police the whole world. 

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