Mark Phillips: The American Question
4/23/03: Surprise!
Today's headline reads,
"U.S. Planners Surprised by Strength of Iraqi Shiites."
"As Iraqi Shiite demands for a dominant role in Iraq's future mount, Bush
administration officials say they underestimated the Shiites' organizational
strength and are unprepared to prevent the rise of an anti-American, Islamic
fundamentalist government in the country."
Why were they surprised?
Because
democracy
is not something which America's ruling elite takes seriously, if by "democracy"
we mean the peoples' self-organization. So that the thought that others might take it
seriously is simply not on ruling radars. Surprise!
What will American policy-makers do?
Delay. There'll be no Iraqi government until there's a strategy for neutralizing the
popular mobilizations which seem to be in process of emergence. Instead there will be
appointed "advisory councils" or the like, composed of clients, the corrupt,
and the trustworthy.
How long will they delay?
As long as it takes.
What will the outcome be?
Depends entirely on the Iraqi people.
Surprise!
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