Guardian Unlimited:Iraq Diaries

I went through some of the blogs posted by a Bristish journalist called Burhan Wazir in the blog “Guardian Unlimited:Iraq Diaries”. This journalist was posted in the cities of Basra and Umm Qasr when he was posting in his blog. In one of his post ,he shares an email which he gets from one of his friends who lives in L.A. This friend of his always briefs him up on the “America” in which he lives now. Burhan Wazir is very critical of the decisions made by the U.S. government to deploy more troops in Iraq and continue with this “War on terror”. He feels perplexed by the growing and ambitious American presence in the Arab world. There is also a stark contradiction since this “war on terror” is a vacuous attempt to civilize the so-called uncivilized world, America, much like the terror states it so despises, will go to any lengths to protect its own interests. In another of his blogs, he talks about how the aid being supplied to the residents of the city of Basra is too little and too late. He takes first- hand accounts of one of the residents who tells him the difficulties they are facing due to lack of water and food which are supposed to be basic amenities. People are left to suffer without any water for three days. There is an air of desperation in the manner these people tell their tales of extreme discomfiture and the problems the war has left them to deal with. The general tone of all these blogs is that of staunch disapproval of activities of the U.S. government in Iraq. I think the author is trying to demonstrate how the war has done more bad than good for the people of Iraq. According to him ,it is the responsibility of the U.S. government to provide for the people of Iraq since they freed them from the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.