Unified Iraq Pulls Together, Reaches Out
Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki kicked off a three state Gulf tour to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates in his first foreign trip since being sworn in as prime minister on May 20. The Prime Minister hopes to promote security between Iraq and its bordering neighbors as well as to promote economic investment in Iraq.
After visiting Kuwait and leaving for Saudi Arabia, the Prime Minister gave an exclusive interview to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas. (I translated the pages into English) This is part of what he had to say:
On reaching out to Kuwait:
“The State of Kuwait is a brother and a neighbor who suffered death from the ravages of Saddam. I emphasize to Kuwait that Iraq does not return empty talk to them. We look to develop and upgrade our relations with Kuwait.”
On Iraqi unity against terrorism
“Certainly we are at the cross roads and here I stress that if we fail in the battle with terrorism there will be no Iraq. Therefore, everyone eager for the unity of this country must support our appointed government because they represent our last chance.”
“Iraq is important to me as one people and as one we will do everything to defeat terrorism in defense of our country and our people.”
This is yet another milestone in the infancy of the new Iraq. The newly elected Prime Minister is traveling to his negotiate with Iraq’s neighbors to procure the security and economic stability of the entire region through diplomatic means. This is remarkable considering that as recently as 18 months ago the sadistic dictator Saddam Hussein was still on the loose and Iraq had no permanent government.
Meanwhile, Saddam Hussein’s deadly legacy continues to be proven as more mass graves have been unearthed south of Baghdad. Of the 123 bodies recovered, 88 of whom were children and infants, all had been shot in the back of the head. Saddam will go to trial in August for ordering the murders.
In another sign of unity, Iraqis lined up to give blood to the victims of a bomb attack in Baghdad. The blood that insurgents spilled was replaced by willing donors giving what they could to unify their efforts against terrorism.
Thank God President Bush doesn’t care about opinion polls or listen to bad advice from Democrats who have been saying for a year that the US needs to leave Iraq now, or that we never should have gone there to begin with.
Progress will continue and all who claim to want peace should support the war on terror with Prime Minister al-Maliki so that Iraq will not fail. If this battle were to fail, the chaos will be so devastating that even disingenuous Democrats will wish they had been on the right side of this issue. As the Prime Minister said, “Everyone eager for the unity of this country must support our appointed government because they represent our last chance.”
Amen.
Cross-posted at Amy’s Blog
July 4th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
More ignorant BS! How can you continue to hold on to the fantasy? Wake up, the party’s over.
July 4th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
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July 5th, 2006 at 10:45 am
How can the liberals/leftists in this country deny the success of war in Iraq and try to justify it as a Bush failure? Saddam is gone and hopefully going to see Allah. Zarqawi is gone and hopefully got his first class ticket to hell. AQ is in shambles and Bin-Laden knows it. This is a victory for the Iraqi people and hopefully the region will start to have a modicum of stability. As they realize that capitalistic enterprise that is bolstered by a democratic government/society creates strength, not weakness and there are numerous examples of this fact.
July 5th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
The successes in Iraq are completely ignored. We’ve done a great thing with this war. When I watched the news the day our troops marched through Baghdad and saw how the iraqi people tore down statues and banners of Saddam, smashing them repeatedly with the heels of their shoes (a great insult), I was proud to be an American. On that day we proved that when we say “Liberty and justice for all.” We actually mean ALL, not just us here in the USA, but even for those around the world.
July 6th, 2006 at 10:34 am
Bob, sorry you cannot accept the truth. The democratic party is the perfect place for such resistance to reality. All I did was report the facts. What’s there to argue with?
July 6th, 2006 at 10:36 am
rahjr2k, thank you for your comments. My husband spent a year in Iraq and I’m sure Bob hasn’t spent a day in uniform unless he was drafted for Vietnam. The Left utterly refuses to accept that we’ve won in Iraq, 27 million people are free and better off than under Saddam. For a party that claims to be compassionate, they sure are cruel to Iraqis.