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I believe it is so. I just finished watching Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket and although it is a magnificent film it also depresses me, as it reminds me of what is going on in Iraq. The Danish population, of which I am one, did not wish for this war but the government did not ask us, and thus we are caught up in this struggle together with the U.S. and the other nations who saddled up for the wrong reasons; the weapons of mass destruction.
FMJ reminded me of Iraq because it is obviously the same kind of conflict; a conflict where no one knows what they are fighting for (although the Bush government is fighting for oil; they just hoped no one noticed) Oh yes, there are ideas that the U.S., as usual, are the saviors who wish to enlighten people with democracy even though they have to kill a lot of innocents in order to make people see the light.
The U.S. never got control of what was happening in Vietnam (yes, they lost that war), and they still have no control of what is happening in Iraq. Just as in Vietnam, we have half a people who did not wish to be saved, and there are suicide bombers who are able to strike where ever they wish, just as in Vietnam.
The war in Iraq will last at least ten to twenty years more. The "allies" can not leave, since if they do, it will be a national disaster, civil war with the most horrific consequences ever seen. I try not to think much about it in my everyday life, but it makes me sad when I do.
FMJ reminded me of Iraq because it is obviously the same kind of conflict; a conflict where no one knows what they are fighting for (although the Bush government is fighting for oil; they just hoped no one noticed) Oh yes, there are ideas that the U.S., as usual, are the saviors who wish to enlighten people with democracy even though they have to kill a lot of innocents in order to make people see the light.
The U.S. never got control of what was happening in Vietnam (yes, they lost that war), and they still have no control of what is happening in Iraq. Just as in Vietnam, we have half a people who did not wish to be saved, and there are suicide bombers who are able to strike where ever they wish, just as in Vietnam.
The war in Iraq will last at least ten to twenty years more. The "allies" can not leave, since if they do, it will be a national disaster, civil war with the most horrific consequences ever seen. I try not to think much about it in my everyday life, but it makes me sad when I do.