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Iraqi Shiite Anger at U.S. Remains Strong
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The inaction of the first President Bush during the Shia revolt in Iraq in 1991 is deeply embedded in the Shia psyche in Iraq. It is seen by the Iraqi Shiites as the original event of the Arab Spring, ten years before before the democracy movement in Tunisia. What is less known is that the revolt in Benghazi, Libya, faced the same fate of inaction by President Obama, and his administration. It was saved only by the decisive and early action of France and Britain, with French president Sarkozy leading the way. Only when the tide began to turn after the French-British action did the Americans reluctantly follow the Europeans. Germany did not participate in the NATO action and worked to slow NATO action.
Iraq - the first President Bush's inaction during the Shia struggle for democracy in 1991
11/08/2011
President Bush's inaction during the Shia revolt in 1991 and the subsequent crushing of the Shia is deeply embedded in the Shia psyche in Iraq. What would have happened ask the Shiites in Iraq, if the western powers had acted as they did in Libya in 2011? The question has another twist, how much would this have saved America in the fortune invested, lives lost, and goodwill lost in the region, from the lack of action What is missed by most commentators, is the fact the State Department and White House failed in Libya just as they did in Iraq, and the rebels in Benghazi would have been crushed in the same way if not for the timely intervention by France and Britain, with France's Sarkozy leading the way. The U.S. then reluctantly followed the Europeans as the tide turned against Gaddafi's regime. In the U.S. media, the Wall Street Journal was clear abou the need for early and decisive action in Libya, just as the Washington Post did for the Arab Spring in Egypt and Tunisia.
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