Mohamed Bouaziz
So it has finally happened. After nine years of war, President Obama has announced the withdrawal of the remaining 39,000 U.S troops from Iraq. Is the realization of this 2008 promise a boosting move for re-election purposes? It sure looks like it. At the same time, the argument that the US withdrawal will be the first step towards a new wage of sectarian violence reveals less a concern about the well-being of the Iraqi people and more about the investment fears of some mercenary corporations. This argument also exemplifies the arrogant and racist rhetoric that has permeated US-foreign policy since the mid-19th century.
As we observe the closing of another sad chapter in the history of war, we wonder if the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, the young Tunisian street vendor who sparked the Arab Spring, would have also ignited the demise of Saddam Hussein in Irak have not the US-UK coalition jumped on the chase of fictitious WMDs.
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