The Leveller: A modern day regulator

Iraqi Elections: A glorious revolution

_{Originally written 23 January 2005}

Not for the reasons provided by the west, but by the standards of liberty do the Iraqi people have a chance to live unencumbered by the leviathon such as what governs most western governments, especially the United States. The elections of January 30th, if they occur at all or postponed into the future, regardless of results will in time be disregarded by the Iraqi people. And those results should be ignored, if freedom in Iraq is to ever prevail. Liberty has the greatest chance of survival, and the situation in Iraq has the possibility to naturally progress toward this end as long as elections imposed, influenced and created by the U.S. are ignored. Only until the U.S. leaves the country will freedom be possible.

Indications from the Bush administration have suggested that members will be appointed from the Sunni population instead of elected to some of these positions due to potential under-representation in the newly elected government. In other words this is something tantamount to a royally appointed governor during American colonial times. And since their salaries will be paid by American taxpayers, the U.S. government and its business interests will stand master of Iraq controlling and restricting oil flow for the benefit of the Western economies.

The Iraqis and all its different peoples will reject any so called “Grand Design” of American policy. The Grand Design was a plan initiated by Britain during the French and Indian war as a comprehensive move to subject America. Iraq will not be subjected by America and any pretense of upcoming so called elections will not change anything. The iraqis understand this vicious circle of tyranny if American designed elections were to take place and this is the problem the planners fail to understand. Prior to invading Iraq Cheney argued that the oil proceeds will offset the direct costs the American taxpayers would incur. We all know now this is not true, particularly considering the upcoming request for another $100 billion dollars to finance the ongoing occupation. Simply put the Iraqis will reject these elections in part because the U.S. will be stationed in Iraq, largely to enforce many of the unwelcome regulations and near draconion edicts the current prime minister of Iraq and the upcoming elected body will promulgate. And the taxes forced upon them. If the oil proceeds are used to pay for an occupying army, this is taxation and should be unpopular to the Iraqi people, understandably. The U.S. military will be viewed as an instrument of oppression. This so called Grand Design according to historian Murray Rothbard is actually modelled after Ireland where the Irish Parliament had been compelled by England to pay for the redcoat army that kept Ireland under subjection.

I sense there is no intention on the part of current administration to ever completely remove U.S. forces from Iraq. Does one actually think the U.S. will completely leave Iraq after going through all it has and promised a beautiful beacon of Democracy in the heart of the middle east? The U.S. economic interests in Iraq are far too strong and it has always been policy to protect those interests, no matter what, since the latter part of the twentieth century.

If freedom is to truly be given a chance in Iraq, it will only be witnessed by the total 100% evacuation of U.S. interest in that country. Just as the American colonists rejected similar subjection so to will the Iraqi people, if they are to be free. As with any government in any time and place allocation of the privileges to be derived from government, and of the burdens to pay for those privileges, is an exploitive rob Peter to pay Paul process, and of the factions that ensue is to become as much of the Paul and as little of Peter as possible. Yes, Bush is correct in saying that all people yearn to be free. I predict the Iraqi people will not be so easily persuaded by the irrelevant aesthetics of democratic elections as Americans in the U.S. The Iraqi people understand their chances for freedom and if they reject any design of broad statist intentions they could become free themselves and indeed be a beacon for democracy to the world as it could quite possibly become their own glorious revolution.