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First Results of the War in Iraq
Well, the first three months of the year 2005 are over.
Many things have changed drastically in the world during this period of time. The regime has changed in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, the situation has changed in the Middle East in Lebanon, Palestine and Israel. Palestine and Israel look like coming to terms and the 50-year long war will finally end up there. In Russia, the head of the Chechen gunmen has been headhunted at last.
However, the planet’s “headache” - the U.S. invasion into Iraq - will last for quite a long time. Anyway, this event will stay determinative for the present generation in the nearest decade.
OK, what about Iraq.
What are the positive signs?
Actually, there are none.
Oil prices have risen sixfold. Al-Quaida spread its influence all over the world. Iraq got looted (in the sense of global historical and cultural monuments). A whole nation has been cast in a state of chaos; the country is in ruin and two - or even three - generations of Iraqi people will be excluded from the global progress process - the educational system is destroyed, there is no medical maintenance, the economy of the state got disabled, environmental situation is in crisis…
Well, the first three months of the year 2005 are over.
Many things have changed drastically in the world during this period of time. The regime has changed in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, the situation has changed in the Middle East in Lebanon, Palestine and Israel. Palestine and Israel look like coming to terms and the 50-year long war will finally end up there. In Russia, the head of the Chechen gunmen has been headhunted at last.
However, the planet’s “headache” - the U.S. invasion into Iraq - will last for quite a long time. Anyway, this event will stay determinative for the present generation in the nearest decade.
OK, what about Iraq.
What are the positive signs?
Actually, there are none.
Oil prices have risen sixfold. Al-Quaida spread its influence all over the world. Iraq got looted (in the sense of global historical and cultural monuments). A whole nation has been cast in a state of chaos; the country is in ruin and two - or even three - generations of Iraqi people will be excluded from the global progress process - the educational system is destroyed, there is no medical maintenance, the economy of the state got disabled, environmental situation is in crisis…