By Asif Haroon Raja
Today the sole super power finds itself stuck in the quagmires of Iraq and Afghanistan from where it cannot exit. Had USA been able to subdue any of the occupied countries, Syria might have been axed by now. This is notwithstanding that Iran remains US-Israeli most sought prey. Although USA has for all practical purposes lost the war but egoism refrains Bush to admit it. He and his team of neo-cons are too proud of US military might and still believes that everything is achievable through use of force. While they are putting up a brave front and continue to live in world of fancy that USA is winning the war on terror and express their resolve to taking it to its logical end, the ground realty speaks otherwise. Having spent huge amounts and used massive force killing millions, it has utterly failed to subdue the few thousand ragtag Muslim militants fighting under colossal logistical, technical and operational constraints for the last seven years.
The Republican regime led by Bush has come under extreme censure of the Americans since their falsehood to justify Iraq invasion has been fully exposed. Despite using massive force and killing about million Iraqis, injuring another million and displacing millions the country has not been tamed. Over 4000 American soldiers have lost their lives and 30,000 wounded and their prestige shattered. The army has got afflicted with physiological and mental ailments and incidents of suicide are rising. Americans want US troop withdrawal from Iraq at the earliest. Suffering from acute frustration and humiliation, the US leadership is in a terrible mood. To cover up their failing, crisis in Lebanon were created which to their bad luck backfired and the Israeli forces had to suffer a humiliating defeat at the hands of Hizbollah. Iranian nuclear threat was then blown out of all proportions as yet another distracting maneuver to deflect the attention of the home audience from its failings in countries of occupation. |