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U.S. Invasion of Iraq
In an April 6, 2003 Washington Post article, Libby Copeland writes about the striking historical parallels between the 1917 British-led invasion of Iraq and this year's joint British- and United States-led attack. In the early twentieth century, Iraq was ruled by the Ottomans, who like Saddam Hussain, ruled with an iron fist. The Iraqi people wanted the Ottomans out, enabling the Brits to capitalize on the propaganda of "liberation." In fact, the rhetoric in 1917 was the same as it is in 2003. British General Stanley Maude used the word "liberators" to justify the British cause. Similarly, President Bush, Vice President Cheney and most other government officials call the invasion an effort to "liberate" the Iraqi people.
However, the Iraqis don't see it that way, especially since their own history points to the truth. The Brits remained in Iraq for decades after they captured Baghdad, using the nation as a...
Of course, things haven't changed much in nine decades: Iraqi oil is high on the agenda of both Great Britain and the United States in their most recent attempt to "liberate" Iraq. The key word in both the British invasion of 1917 and the 2003 invasion is control, according to James Zogby, President of the Arab-American Institution. The recent invasion of Iraq is just one more attempt by the Western powers to control the region to serve their own interests. The well-being of the Iraqi people isn't as much a consideration as these governments would like us to believe.
Once the British ousted the Ottomans, they installed a puppet regime that allowed the Brits to have control over Iraq for four decades. The League of Nations gave Great Britain a mandate to rule Iraq in 1920, and the Iraqis revolted. In 1921, the British government placed King Faisal I…
Works Cited
Copeland, Libby. "For Iraq: Deja vu All Over Again: 'Liberators' Have Been There Before, and Stayed for Decades." Washington Post. 6 Apr. 2003: F01.
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