The recent congressional hearing about Iraq have cited generals who testified that Iraq descending into civil war. It may be that different religious groups in Iraq have been attacking each other. This is not and will not be a civil war as long as the United States is occupying the country. Bosnia, Lebanon even Afghanistan have had civil wars. Iraq is an occupied country on the verge of anarchy. This is what would happen if the United States withdrew its troops from Iraq. This is also an effect of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

The invasion removed the dictatorial government of Iraq. Clearly this government was a repressive regime, but it was able to provide stability to the country. It was naive to believe that it would be possible to remove Saddam Hussain by military force and still be able to preserve stability in the country necessary for a new democratically elected government to establish itself. This may, however, never have been the goal.

An alternative to forcefully removing Saddam Hussain was to assist an Iraqi movement similar to that in Serbia. Ironically such peaceful movements have been much more successful in achieving a regime change than military intervention.

The U.S. did invade Iraq. Iraq is descending into anarchy. The people of Iraq must be given the chance to bring peace to the country. Electing a new parliament and thus a democratic government is not enough. Those responsible for the violence in Iraq must be isolated and rejected by the public. As long as the U.S. is not able to rebuilt the countries infrastructure, provide food and jobs for the people of Iraq. Until the Iraqis are able to rebuild their country, the extremists will thrive and violence will continue.

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