Saddam Hussein is now the winner

Even though Saddam Hussein was executed at the end of 2006, he is now grinning except he is doing it in his grave. Saddam Hussein’s plan has worked out perfectly. Saddam knew his people very well. He knew that once the United States military entered Iraq, that they would be stuck there involved in a guerilla war. He knew that once those troops entered his country that they would be the target of a nationwide resistance movement. Saddam Hussein knew that his country would lose in a straight ahead one on one military battle with the world’s strongest military machine.

Once Saddam’s regime collapsed in April of 2003 and George W. Bush made his famous “Mission Accomplished” speech the next month, I don’t think he knew what the US troops were going to have to deal with next. Instead of getting cheers, flowers, hugs and kisses from the Iraqi population like they had been told, the US troops soon become involved in a nationwide resistance movement that has lasted over eight years. The troops had to and are still dealing with small arms fire, rocket attacks, roadside bombs and suicide attacks.

The US does not and will never have an answer for a resistance movement like this. Just as in Vietnam, the US troops may win the battles and still lose the war. You cannot pay money to the local population and silence them. Bribes will not result in the end of this war. The resistance will stop once the last US troops leave Iraq if they ever do. But as long as the US military remains in Iraq, the resistance will continue. It is just like a human body that needs a heart and blood to keep on functioning. Without the US troops in Iraq, the resistance to occupation cannot continue. As long as US troops remain in Iraq, they are giving strength to the dominant Shiite majority because the Shiites have recently started to attack and kill US forces. The whole population of Iraq has only one main goal. And that main goal is to expel all foreign forces from their country and regain control of Iraq. Many Iraqis now say that conditions were better off under Saddam Hussein. That is the biggest blow to the credibility of the United States which has made Iraq a worse place to live for the average Iraqi person. If only George W. Bush and his administration understood this fact, maybe they would never have committed the mistake of invading and occupying Iraq.

Saddam Hussein and all of his former government officials know exactly what is happening. The US military has been unable to deal with and totally stop a nationwide resistance movement and so it can be said that the real winner is Saddam Hussein. Saddam Hussein also was the one that told the truth about Iraq’s nonexistent weapons of mass destruction. Those weapons were destroyed long ago and even former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter has even said this many times. George W. Bush, Richard Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld were the people that were never telling the truth about Iraq’s weapons. They told all these lies and caused thousands of US troops to die and get injured for absolutely nothing except to make sure that oil companies can get access to Iraq’s oil.

Although Saddam is no longer alive, he is resting comfortably knowing that his objective is accomplished. Almost 5,000 official US soldiers have perished in Iraq, a country that was no threat to anyone and Saddam is smiling and grinning. And I’m saying 5,000 but the official number of dead and wounded US soldiers in this wrong war most likely greatly exceeds that number. However, the controlled US media wants to keep the casualty numbers low so the population does not panic.

If he were still alive and in control of Iraq, Iraq would be in better shape today. He never deserved what he got because killing leaders of other countries never leads to a peaceful outcome. It is obvious to anyone that really knows the history of the region that the United States military has lost in the Middle East.