How’s your war, Uncle Sam?

Above: US raid on the Iraqi capital Baghdad (Photo: www.thewe.cc)

Okay, so it’s a no-brainer that one of the most powerful nations at present is America and George W. Bush, being its president, inevitably makes him one of the most powerful persons on earth.

At present, the world is having two major wars – in Afghanistan and Iraq. But is this really an inevitable war between or among countries or is it a war that America wanted and started? What exactly is the role of the US in these difficult times?

The planet used to be a better place than its present state, but the 9/11 bombings changed it all. The United States was attacked and hundreds died. It was a carefully-designed terrorist act which gave America sufficient reason to demand for justice.

Above: How’s your war Mr. Bush? (Photo: www.greenpeace.org)

George Bush was supposed to be on the right track until he insisted on waging war against suspected countries that embrace Bin Laden. Bush initiated War in Afghanistan immediately after 9/11 to dissolve al-Qaeda and its connections, but to this date not a shadow of Bin Laden was found and the terrorist group still operates actively. The Taliban government was overthrown but still remains a headache to George Bush. The reality in Afghanistan continues to haunt and compels us to ask – Did the United States after all achieve its purpose for the War it started in 2001?

To make the situations worse, Bush then engaged in a massive propaganda linking Iraq to al-Qaeda and the country’s weapons of mass destruction. America took its case to the United Nations but to the dismay of George Bush, the U.N. disapproved. Irritated and impatient, Bush and America waged War on Iraq, overthrew its government, captured and executed Saddam Hussein, and eventually missed its purpose. Iraq has become a more hostile country than ever and not a single mass destruction weapon has been uncovered.

Above: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Afghanistan (AP Photo)

Yes, America suffered the 9/11 attacks and hundreds of lives were taken by the merciless terrorist act. On the other hand, we know that many more innocent people died of George Bush’s retaliatory wars – to date, there must be already about not less than 840,000 people that have been killed and over 1.5 million seriously injured in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and the numbers are still on the rise. Now, we simply stare at these two nations paying the price for being not America.

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