Middle-East Political Chess Game
Ten years after Iraq war began, Iran reaps the gains
And the political chess game in the Middle East moves on...
The attitude I get from all this is that us everyday Americans are mostly content with the Middle East making their own plays for power as long as it doesn't directly affect us. Once that does happen--whether actual or perceived--we go over there, shake up the proverbial chess board as a sort of lesson. Eventually we leave and watch them resume the game--thankful America isn't breathing down their throats quite as hard...
After the September 11th incident, back then I wanted to find those responsible for the attacks and have them dealt with as such. First, we got involved with Afghanistan and then we got involved with Iraq and rest is history. In my early 20s, even I knew going to Iraq would have some not entirely foreseeable consequences. It can be safely assumed the average American isn't privy nor concerned with the complex history that comprises that region of the world and our hand in it over the last several decades.
Here we are 10 years after the beginning of the US-Iraq conflict and now I ask the average American, "Have we truly accomplished what we set out to do there a decade ago?" I'm sure I will get different answers depending upon whom I asked. Some will hand-wave it and say they have other pressing issues to deal with in their day-to-day here at home. Others will state that they didn't even support the notion of going over there to begin with.
So for now, the rest of us will sit and wait and see how the chess game over there plays out. I just wonder how many of us will be eager to have our military go back over there in greater numbers nowadays...
And the political chess game in the Middle East moves on...
The attitude I get from all this is that us everyday Americans are mostly content with the Middle East making their own plays for power as long as it doesn't directly affect us. Once that does happen--whether actual or perceived--we go over there, shake up the proverbial chess board as a sort of lesson. Eventually we leave and watch them resume the game--thankful America isn't breathing down their throats quite as hard...
After the September 11th incident, back then I wanted to find those responsible for the attacks and have them dealt with as such. First, we got involved with Afghanistan and then we got involved with Iraq and rest is history. In my early 20s, even I knew going to Iraq would have some not entirely foreseeable consequences. It can be safely assumed the average American isn't privy nor concerned with the complex history that comprises that region of the world and our hand in it over the last several decades.
Here we are 10 years after the beginning of the US-Iraq conflict and now I ask the average American, "Have we truly accomplished what we set out to do there a decade ago?" I'm sure I will get different answers depending upon whom I asked. Some will hand-wave it and say they have other pressing issues to deal with in their day-to-day here at home. Others will state that they didn't even support the notion of going over there to begin with.
So for now, the rest of us will sit and wait and see how the chess game over there plays out. I just wonder how many of us will be eager to have our military go back over there in greater numbers nowadays...