Iraq War

I have read the particular section on Iraq war in Straits Time for a long period. All of the articles were about the loss of lives and properties, suffering people in Mid-east. And everything is due to the bloody war which the U.S.A. took on Iraq in 2003 and the terrible situation tends to be worse and worse.
I think the first influence towards the whole world is the oil export. During the war, the oil-production declined seriously and caused the rise in the price of oil in world-wide. It somehow increased people’s worry about energy crisis. Up to now, the influence is still there although has been reduced a little by the end of Iraq war and the establishment of the new government which is trying to revive the nation.
Some of reports in the newspaper are focus on the American troops’ abuses. They abused the prisoners as cruelly as they could for their own desire. “In the era of Saddam Hussein, Abu Ghraib, twenty miles west of Baghdad, was one of the world’s most notorious prisons, with torture, weekly executions, and vile living conditions. As many as fifty thousand men and women—no accurate count is possible—were jammed into Abu Ghraib at one time, in twelve-by-twelve-foot cells that were little more than human holding pits.” The material above is extracted from THE NEW YORKER. And moreover there are lots of incredible “punishments” which disturb the law. People all around are demonstrating against the U.S. government’s policy in Iraq and Mid-east. The assumption of U.S. government before the war that Iraq might have nuclear weapons is proved to be a fault after many investigations, but it still pushes orward it policy and the result becomes clearer and clearer as time passed.
When we lie on the sofa watching TV leisurely, can we think of Iraqis’ plight and struggle with survival. Everyday a number of precious lives leave the world and countless properties vanish forever. I saw a report on a website just now, “Iraq war costs could top $2 trillion which is far above the US administration's prewar projections, takes into account the long term healthcare costs for the 16,000 US soldiers injured in Iraq so far. Even taking a conservative approach, we have been surprised at how large they are," the study said, referring to total war costs. We can state, with some degree of confidence, that they exceed a trillion dollars.”
The new Iraq government is reviving the situation under the help from the whole world.If everyone takes an effort to assist the re-establishment of Iraq society so that the process will be faster and more stably.


Reference: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/040510fa_fact?040510fa_fact
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0110/dailyUpdate.html