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(Auszug aus einem Kommentar )The failure to address the Americans as an imperial presence in Iraq has facilitated a variety of assumptions on the part of the Iraqi people and the resistance. The first of these assumptions is that the current Iraqi government accepts the presence of American troops as legitimate. If legitimacy is conferred upon the American occupation, there is little basis by which the Iraqi government can assume authority over it.
Consider the current situation in Falluja: According to a recent article by Daud Salman, of the 65 schools severely damaged by the American assault on Falluja, only one quarter have been repaired. Of these few, many are being used as American bases and staging points for military operations.
...According to a Gallup poll taken last year, a solid majority of Iraqis would like to see an end to the occupation immediately or reasonably soon.Asked whether the Americans were "liberators" or "occupiers", 71% responded "occupiers"; there is, therefore, a context by which most Iraqis view this occupation.
By accommodating the American occupation, the current Iraqi government has given the impression that it is neither an independent body nor representative of the Iraqi people.
As we have already mentioned, the UIA promised to pursue an American withdrawal as part of its party platform and was successful in securing the largest number of votes in the elections earlier this year.
When we analyse the UIA's success, its campaign promises and the figures communicating Iraqi feelings towards the occupation, it is safe to assume that the UIA's victory was due, in large measure, to its stance towards the occupation.
However, it has failed to address the status of the occupation in any recognisable fashion, let alone secure a timetable for withdrawal.
For the average resident of Falluja, the implication is clear - their standard of living and their children's education are subordinate to the wishes and well-being of the American military campaign. Instead of labouring on behalf of the residents of Falluja, the current Iraqi government has conceded to American authority in this regard and has relegated the well-being of Iraqi people to a secondary concern.
Needless to say, many of these residents, including teenagers, who have been robbed of normalcy, will join the resistance, not out of hatred or zealotry (as the American media has led many to believe), but simply to eject the disruptive American presence and restore normalcy in their own city...The truth, however, is that the current government has not represented the will of the Iraqi people and the majority of Iraqis sympathise with the resistance's goal of ending the occupation.
By failing to address the American invasion of Iraq as illegal, immoral and imperial, the context by which to deal with the occupation has been suppressed.
