Authorities in Iraq to be tough

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18 09 2004-04-15
Yevgeny Satanovsky, president of the Institute for Israel and Middle East Studies

Defeat of the coalition troops in Iraq will have tragic consequences not only for the country and the Middle East, but also for the international community.

Acting in compliance with inevitable historic laws as an empire, the USA tries to convince itself it is not one. It does not want to admit its actual role of a colonial power, which not only gives rights, but also imposes responsibility for the people of Iraq that are now under their governance. If the USA resorted to occupation and stirred up this hornets' nest, it has no right to leave before order has been restored.

Iraq's resistance to foreign presence is no so much caused by the American policy, but by the natural course of events. It came as a surprise only for those who do not want to look into the country's history. Americans did not take into account the fact that, according to local traditions and values, only tough authorities are worth obeying. Only those who are feared can govern Iraq. It has always been so.

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