If America were Iraq, What would it be Like?

[Robbien]

Juan Cole

What would America look like if it were in Iraq's current situation? The population of the US is over 11 times that of Iraq, so a lot of statistics would have to be multiplied by that number.

Thus, violence killed 300 Iraqis last week, the equivalent proportionately of 3,300 Americans. What if 3,300 Americans had died in car bombings, grenade and rocket attacks, machine gun spray, and aerial bombardment in the last week? That is a number greater than the deaths on September 11, and if America were Iraq, it would be an ongoing, weekly or monthly toll.

And what if those deaths occurred all over the country, including in the capital of Washington, DC, but mainly above the Mason Dixon line, in Boston, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco?

What if the grounds of the White House and the government buildings near the Mall were constantly taking mortar fire? What if almost nobody in the State Department at Foggy Bottom, the White House, or the Pentagon dared venture out of their buildings, and considered it dangerous to go over to Crystal City or Alexandria?

What if all the reporters for all the major television and print media were trapped in five-star hotels in Washington, DC and New York, unable to move more than a few blocks safely, and dependent on stringers to know what was happening in Oklahoma City and St. Louis? What if the only time they ventured into the Midwest was if they could be embedded in Army or National Guard units?

Much more:
http://www.juancole.com/2004_09_01_juancole_archive.html#109582366638394688

[alittlelark]

1. Then we would be kicking the invaders butts

back to the country they invaded us from!!!

[pacalo]

2. And we would be called "terrorists" for defending our homeland.

[andyhappy]

11. Iraq is not another vietnam

its another Israel and it is never going to end. Long after we are out of there it is going to be chaos.

io....we keep dropping bombs and killing people and that isn't going to solve anything. Its like popping zits to prevent acne. Its attacking the symptom not the cause.

[Robbien]

3. Ha! You really expect all the couch potatoes to rise up?

There is no outrage when the corporatists took away their jobs and sent them offshore. No outrage when overtime was taken away. No outrage when the EPA said it was okay for the corporatists to dump arsenic and lead into our waters. No one even sneezed when BushCo sold very valuable mines to his cronies for pennies on the dollar.

There have been daily attacks on our liberties and rights, but the masses sit unconcerned. Why would these same masses inconvenience themselves and put themselves in front of tanks and bombers with only a peashooter in comparison?

No, I believe there is more resistance in Iraq today than would ever happen if we were occupied.

[izzie]

4. We would be fighting.

But no one can seem to put then selfs into thinking that way. Odd.

[ixion]

5. this is the real context of the Iraq invasion

It wasn't a war, because congress never declared war. It was an illegal invasion, and if the shoe were on the other foot, we would be the patriots fighting to repel invaders.

This should be an easy jump of logic for most, you would think, but most people seem unable to make the connection. :freak:

[lcooksey]

6. Awesome article (eom)

[Iceburg]

7. Yer friends from the True North would be pouring in over the

borders to help the resistance fend off the invaders.

Photo:Curtesy of Canadian Rent-A-Regiment http://www.imuc.org/rentaregiment.htm

[benfranklin1776]

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