الاثنين، مايو 08، 2006

Bush's castle

What kind of dreams force the Americans to place their capital in a deal that can only lose regardless of time?
The $592 millions may be insignificant compared to the billions which Washington lost in its war on Iraq. Yet, wasting this amount of money in order to build "the largest US embassy in the world" remains tainted with silliness next to the US administration's attempt to provide evidence that the building which it is constructing in the capital city of Iraq, Baghdad, will be of true and complete use in the years to come .
The Americans are preparing this building to represent the center or the real regime for Iraq in the future. Therefore, they are implementing all methods that may contribute to rendering it a serviceable and entertaining center with a level that must fit the rulers of a large country like Iraq. A similar situation occurred when Saddam built his many palaces scattered throughout the different regions, which became floating dust, scattered after his collapse. Then, he was satisfied with a small cell, the walls of which may cave in further and further to turn into nothing but a mere grave.
Today, the Americans are ambitious and seek to make their presence on the Iraqi land immortal as Saddam did earlier, becoming the immortal leader of that country even if he had to crush the skulls of his own people.
Saddam has collapsed and the Americans will not remain. All that they can gain in the future is a simple apartment where a mission that administers the American interests can reside in the embassy of a neutral country in Baghdad, exactly as happened 28 years ago in Tehran.
On the other hand, the embassy, or "Bush's castle" as the Iraqis like to call it, symbolizes the occupation at present. In the future, it will symbolize nothing but the American defeat in this part of the world.
Mahmoud Raya