Who Lost Iraq? - Response

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Who Lost Iraq ? - Response

Introduction

Invasion , toppling governments , interfering in the internal affairs of country , disposing off the leadership that is unfriendly to USA - these are not new exercises to the top administration of USA . This has been going on for centuries since the time the Hawaii Queen was toppled and the territory annexed . So , to say that USA needs to learn valuable lessons for the future is the statement of the novice , and if such the statement is given by the present administration , it is the politically

convenient platitude . No guarantee can be given that future Iraq-like entanglements would not be repeated by US . The question is how honorably USA can find the exit door , without allowing it to turn into another Vietnam . The invasion of Iraq by US is an unpardonable fault and its continued military presence on the soil of Iraq turns this fault into a grave issue

The author candidly states that in the name of democracy promotion and nation building , US should stop meddling in the affairs of sovereign countries , which are also members of UNO . US has no right to mind other 's business , it should mind its own business

James Dobbins being the former Assistant secretary of State under President Bill Clinton and George W . Bush and Clinton Administration 's first envoy to the sensitive area like Bosnia etc . is eminently suited to comment on the misadventure of Bush administration in Iraq . US seem to have forgotten the lessons that it learnt and the mess that it created for it in World War I and World War II . US initially did not oppose Hitler and paid heavy price for it . It took that excuse for attacking Vietnam in the 1960s , though the issues involved were entirely different , and suffered the humiliating defeat . The former top brass which served under George Bush in important positions of the administration , including military generals oppose Bush . Vice-President Dick Cheney is also his critic : the Bush administration is already on its second defense secretary , third CIA director , third commanding general in Iraq , and fourth top diplomat there -- and thus far , of these changes has reversed a worsening situation . This suggests that the source of at least some of the United States ' difficulties in Iraq transcends particular personalities (Dobbins , 2007 ) The four important `organs ' of the Government , the White House , Congress , the State Department , the Defense Department and the CIA are at loggerheads and are playing the game of musical chair . No one is willing to take the blame and is deeply and cleverly involved in shifting responsibility President Bush says , the intelligence community misled him . Where are the weapons of destruction that he was harping upon ? Rumsfeld says that the President took the unilateral decision on war without seeking advice . Even the unsolicited advice tendered by Colin Powell , former secretary of State , opposing the war , had no effect on Bush . Did Bush secure doctored intelligence reports to suit his decision to go to war - is...