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THE WAR WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE: What Is Going Terribly Wrong in Iraq and Why the United States, with the Help of the United Nations, Must Stay the Course

The final sentence in a new book about Iraq reads as follows: “The events for which the Iraq War will be remembered probably have not yet happened.”

Washington Post writer Thomas Ricks, in his new book on Iraq, THE GAMBLE

THE IRAQ WAR IS FAR FROM OVER! DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ATTACK!

The brutal AUGUST 20th and OCTOBER 25th TRUCK BOMBINGS IN BAGHDAD represent a major escalation in the level of violence that has been increasing all summer in Iraq. The attacks against civilian and security targets have continued on a daily basis since that deadly day. More bombings will come as Iraqis once again try to solve their differences with violence.

We could be witnessing the opening rounds of THE FINAL IRAQ CIVIL WAR. Historians will be brutal with us if we do not move quickly to reassert our POWERFUL INFLUENCE in Iraq, to ward off the forces of self-destruction within the country.

WHY WE STILL MATTER

Nouri al Maliki
Iraq's Prime Minister

The STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT — SFA — negotiated during the waning months of the Bush administration set a firm timetable for the withdrawal of our armed forces from Iraq by the end of 2011. The Iraqi people must also approve this agreement.

The fragile structure of Iraqi democracy is under attack because THE ENEMIES OF DEMOCRACY in Iraq think we have lost the ability and the desire to CONTROL EVENTS because of the SFA. They think we want out at any cost! They are wrong.

WE STILL MATTER BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT LOST OUR WILL TO WIN!

THE BATTLEGROUND IN IRAQ now centers on the January 2010 Parliamentary elections. THE POLITICAL GANGSTERS who are lining up to solidify a PERMANENT SHIA RULING CLASS in Iraq are fighting among themselves at the moment, but they have one thing in common: They all want to stack the deck in the January elections so that a SHIA MAJORITY wins out over any Sunni or minority coalitions, and they can once again appoint a SHIITE PRIME MINISTER to rule the land!

Their most potent weapon to achieve this odious purpose is to deny Iraqi citizens the right to vote for individual candidates — OPEN LISTS. The existing undemocratic and corrupt elections laws only allow for CLOSED PARTY LISTS, which force citizens to vote for BLOCKS of candidates, which are always RELIGIOUS PARTIES.

At GOALS FOR AMERICANS, we opposed the January 2005 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS as a prescription for disaster, and so it turned out. That election was boycotted by Sunnis, and, because of the seriously flawed “CLOSED PARTY LISTS” system, the SHIA THEOCRACY in Baghdad got its start, and al-Maliki became prime minister. We detailed our opposition in PLAN V, and featured no less an authority than former Iraqi Prime Minister AYAD ALLAWI, who also called for a dramatic change in the ELECTORAL LAWS to allow for “OPEN LISTS.”

The 2009 PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS were much more fair and open because we joined with the United Nations to demand “OPEN LISTING.” But Iraq is now backsliding to the old method, which only will serve the POLITICAL GANGSTERS running Baghdad.

Al-Maliki and his SHIA MAJORITY in Parliament have resisted permanent ELECTORAL REFORM since he came into power in 2005!

If nothing is done to dramatically alter this FRAUDULENT ELECTION PROCESS before the January election, democracy in Iraq will die on that very Election Day!

This is why we absolutely need to alter the STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SFA) so that, America, as well as the United Nations, can stay in Iraq to guide this troubled and mixed-up entity to a decent future for all the people living in what is now called Iraq.

bullet_star_red WE STILL MATTER IN IRAQ because we still have the LEVERAGE to force the issue … meaning — we must revise the STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SFA)! If we don’t, we will deliberately sacrifice all the citizens of Iraq — whom we came to rescue from Saddam Hussein in 2003!

America is a thorn in the side of al-Maliki’s lust for power, and the sooner we lose influence and control, the better for him. It is speculated that al-Maliki will try to put the STATUS OF FORCES REFERENDUM (SFA) on the same January 2010 ballot. If this happens, and a majority of Iraqis reject the SFA, we will be obligated to exit Iraq within a year.

The immediate result of such a rejection will be that our power to control events evaporates. And if such a power vacuum happens, the ENEMIES OF DEMOCRACY in Iraq will most likely stumble into a full-scale civil war in short order. WE MUST STOP THIS NOW!

Al-MALIKI HOPES TO STOKE THE IRRATIONAL EMOTIONS OF NATIONALISM TO DEFEAT THE STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT(SFA) AND FORCE US OUT SOONER.

THIS WOULD AMOUNT TO THE GRAVEST OF ALL INSULTS TO ALL OF THE BRAVE AND GENEROUS-HEARTED AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORKED, FOUGHT, AND DIED OR WERE INJURED IN THE SERVICE OF A FREE IRAQ. AL-MALIKI MUST BE STOPPED!

bullet_star_blue WE STILL MATTER because we have TWO OPTIONS — AND WE MUST USE BOTH! We can NULLIFY the STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SFA) ourselves, or we can PREVENT THE REFERENDUM from being added to the January 2010 ballot.

Either way, WE MUST REMAIN IN IRAQ well beyond the JANUARY 2010 ELECTIONS — UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE.

The 2009 SUMMER OF VIOLENCE in Iraq has seriously undermined al-Maliki’s and all other power groups’ claim to power by undermining their blustery claims that Iraq has become a peaceful country under his leadership. The powerful SUPREME IRAQI ISLAMIC COUNCIL is now forming a SHIA COALITION to challenge his DAWA PARTY in January. This represents a train wreck within the SHIA COMMUNITY that does not bode well for a peaceful election season. Al-Maliki will do anything to insure his appointment again as prime minister in January. Shia-against-Shia violence is certain to begin.

Obama We — America and the United Nations — want a Trustee or a Stewardship understanding or relationship set up for the benefit of all the citizens of Iraq. We present this solution with the new Iraq Federated Republic shown here.
Iraq Federated Republic Map

America and the United Nations will pledge an ongoing and overriding leadership role for the benefit of all people living now in the failed state of Iraq.

HERE WE ARE, SIX YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN, AND THE RIVAL TRIBES AND RELIGIOUS PARTIES IN IRAQ STILL EMPLOY VIOLENCE AND FEAR TO SECURE POWER.

bullet_star_red Joe Biden WE STILL MATTER because we are all that stands between ORDER and CHAOS in Iraq. The rational, secular and truly democratic forces in Iraq understand this, and they are terrified at the prospect that we will be forced to exit in 2010, if the STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SFA) gets rejected.

BUT THEIR NUMBERS ARE SMALL AND THEIR INFLUENCE IS WEAK. WE MUST CHAMPION ALL OF THEM – FOR THE SAKE OF ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF IRAQ.

THE POWERS AT OUR FINGERTIPS — With the backing of the United Nations – which allows America to champion this plan … for the sake of sanity, justice, and humanity and for the sake and honor of America’s armed forces who have paid the heaviest price imaginable to bring us to this dreadful position!

This is not a time for weakness or politics or scheming self-serving individuals!

For the sake of all that is true and right – basic justice and humanity require that America and the United Nations join forces to work with the government of Iraq for the future benefit of Iraq’s total population.

With or without the STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SFA), we have powerful weapons at our disposal to force al-Maliki’s government and the Parliament to DO THE RIGHT THING for the Iraqi people. Our influence can be asserted immediately!

	We still provide massive amounts of funding to Iraq, and we can TURN IT OFF!

	WE COULD shut down the substantial flow of RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS.

	WE COULD withdraw all of our RECONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND ADVISORS.

	WE COULD shut off the flow of weapons, ammunition and logistical support to their military and security services.

	WE COULD suspend all joint urban military operations with their security services.

	WE COULD suspend all training and tactical support for the security services.

	WE COULD withdraw from the dangerous northern border region.

	WE COULD recognize KURDISTAN’S NEW CONSTITUTION.

HERE’S HOW:

	WE STILL MATTER because this war is not over, we still have 130,000 troops in Iraq, we still finance a great deal of what happens, the Iraqi security services are incapable of keeping the peace without us, Kurdistan remains calm as long as we’re in the picture, and the international community recognizes the legitimacy of Iraq only as long as we’re involved.

	And WE STILL MATTER because America does not run from its responsibilities.

	WE WILL HONOR our courageous men and women in uniform by getting this job done, no matter how long it takes, no matter how long we must remain in Iraq!

	WE’RE IN THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL! The United Nations MUST BE OUR PARTNER!