Despite nearly 11 years of occupation by the US and two years of running itself Iraq is exploding and the U.S. Is debating whether they should go back in or not.
The U.S. under the leadership of George Bush invaded Iraq with the premise that Saddam Hussein was a tyrant and somehow linked to the 9-11 attack on the US. America wanted to kick some Muslim butts, and he was the one selected, under the premise of making Iraq into a democracy. Yet after two years of self-rule and 11 years of U.S. occupation Iraq is still not a democracy, and that is why it’s in the predicament it’s in now.
Isis troops have marched from city to city with very little resistance.
To my understanding the Sunnis were in power under Hussein, but when he was deposed and killed by American troops the Shias took power. Well they were supposed to share that power with the Sunnis and other factions in the country but the current government never made that a reality, so you have all these trained military people, and people who were used to power, and freedom all of a sudden being kicked out of their homes, and businesses with no payment all because of their religious sect and no one is doing anything about it. Especially the western powers that created this mess in the first place in the name of Democracy.
So now you have a group, Isis, that is too extreme for al Qaeda, taking city after city as the Iraqi military are throwing their guns down and surrendering. Most of this is because these towns are made up of mostly Sunnis which means no one is willing to fight for or lay down their lives for the current Shias government, which has made it clear, they don’t care about the Sunnis.
So America and the Western World are caught in a dilemma, do they send troops back in, do they strike from the air, or do they do nothing?
They have to do something. And it will probably be striking by air. But who and where do they strike?
Well maybe one of the strikes should be the capital to get those fools out who have gone against U.S. wishes by not including the Sunnis and all other opposing groups in the government and most of all not treating them as equals. But in all honesty, they don’t know who to strike because they don’t really know where the Isis is. They blend into the countryside and cities they invade very well. It’s not like war in the old days when there was one group of soldiers facing off against another group. There are no front theses days, other than the vast majority of the fighting that is happening the Middle East.
My solution remains the same. Go door to door in this country and others and give the residents weapons to defend themselves, and then allow them to make the decisions as to what is in their best interest. The reason terrorists can so easily take over a city, town, or area is the same reason thugs, and hoodlums are able to take over Black communities. They have guns and the residents don’t.
We have far too many problems in this country to get caught up in another senseless war where hundreds will die or be crippled, and even more mentally jacked up and for what? Definitely not for Democracy, because there is none in Iraq or the Middle East.
Farewell to Coach Chuck Noll
Chuck Noll is not only the man who turned the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise around from a bumbling losing organization to the winningest team in the NFL with four Super Bowl rings. How did they win? Not enough credit is given to Noll for the Steelers transitioning from an almost lily White team to a predominately Black team on the playing field. Yes Bill Nunn Jr. and the Steelers front office selected the talent, but it was Noll who had to have been open to all these Black players coming into the locker room. He most likely had final say.
He could have fought it, but I strongly believe that when he accepted the job of head coach that he knew which direction the Steelers were headed for the future and helped lead by example. He didn’t do a lot of talking but his actions spoke louder than words. Remember not only did he field a team that got darker as the years passed, he was the man who made a young Tony Dungy the youngest assistant coach in the league and later one of the youngest defensive coordinators in the NFL, as well as one of the first Blacks. There have been many Black coaches come from this decision, which includes Mike Tomlin.
Coach Chuck Noll will be missed.
(Ulish Carter is the managing editor of the New Pittsburgh Courier.)
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