Le basi USA in Iraq
5/8/2005Ashraf Fahim si chiede, su Atimes del 6 agosto, quale sarà il destino delle basi militari statunitensi in caso di ritiro delle truppe — mossa più volte evocata negli ultimi tempi:
The Bush administration, it would seem, is finally responding to pervasive anti-occupation sentiment in the US and Iraq. But the raft of announcements does little to address what many believe is a deeper problem - the Iraqi insurgency is likely being driven by fears that even once the large majority of US forces leave, enough will remain behind in permanent bases to allow the US to control Iraq’s destiny.
Significative le conclusioni:
If the Bush administration wishes to retain a military presence in Iraq it may yet find the Iraqi leadership amenable. They are, after all, dependent on US forces for their survival. But the Iraqi public is fiercely nationalistic (”a proud and independent people”, as Bush called them) and their suspicions of the US can only grow as rumors proliferate of concrete being poured in distant military bases. And unless the Iraqi government actually consults its people before inviting the Americans to stay, even a nominally democratic Iraq could become just like the other US allies in the region, in which there is an immense chasm between the desires of the rulers and the aspirations of the ruled.
