It’s always about losing face; always about us and the price we are paying, the sacrifice we are making, whether in lives or in dollars – never about others, or the cost that our amoral and reckless behavior may be exacting on them.  The rape of Iraq, which started in 1991 via post-Gulf War sanctions, continues through today’s occupation, America as the unwanted aggressor forcing the intercourse.  We must stop once and for all this vaginal mutilation; and do it because we are the rapist, not because our penis hurts.

There is no morning-after pill that we can offer Iraq as we do the right thing – cut and walk – but there will be opportunities for us to make amends.  We could not begin to compensate Iraqis for the incalculable pain and suffering we’ve caused them, but we can certainly show contrition by footing the cost of a reconstruction program; designed by Iraqis and implemented with help from competent international organizations, not us.

Let the regional and international communities help bring peace to all Iraqis, engaging not only the Arab League, but Iran, Turkey and the good offices of the United Nations.  The Western powers should bow out, offering only compensation for damages caused; or, at the very least, providing loans to reconstruct the country, whether as a federation or a confederation that meets reasonable criteria from the three (or more) factions.

When powerful criminals – whether individuals or nations – have incontestable power, not having to account to anyone for their misdeeds, why are we so surprised, and embittered, by the existence of terrorists?  Aren’t these terrorists, after all, the emotional byproduct of criminality themselves?  Isn’t it logical that the victims of this raped nation respond by expressing anger and outrage for generations to come; anger and outrage that will channel to acts of revenge?  Let’s hope that not to be the case by making amends now… immediately. 

Ben Tanosborn an editor of MWC News, after completing graduate studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he set out for a career in international business that would take him to five continents, expose him to several cultures and make him realize the importance for any and all Americans to become goodwill ambassadors for the United States.

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