By : Basim Mohammad Habeeb
Since the very
beginning of the latest crisis in Iraq which began after the control by ISIS
over large areas in the north and west of Iraq, the united
states is still
reluctant to provide military assistance to Iraq. This raises a question as to
why the united states is adopting this position and whether this areas from
annoyance on the part of American administration of the conduct of Iraq
politicians and their unsuccessful management of the domestic affairs in the
country or out of American fears of getting involved in an open internal Iraqi
conflict in addition to many reasons that can be proposed as answer to such a
question.
Yet despite the
plausibility of some of the reasons mentioned from a political point of view ,
the matter does not seem so from a moral and strategic perspective because Iraq
needs an urgent American intervention.
History strikes us
with a significant fact that the country throughout its long history had gone
through big crises and they were not solved by internal efforts of Iraqi
political powers but eventually by foreign mediation and power. This applies in
particular to the problems that the political arena had witnessed over the past
ten years. Thanks to American intervention, many internal problems and crises
could be solved. Besides what necessitates the American intervention even when
we take into account the view that indicates that ISIS consists of a limited
number of insurgents fighting against Iraqi government is the fact that this
terrorist group in light of the big capabilities and means it possesses is able
to dissolve all other powers to become part of it , subjecting them to its own
approach or forcing them to follow its orders and directives sooner or later ,
particularly if this conflict continues for a long time such that the less
extremist forces could gradually disappears and become part of this network. In
addition the presence of ISIS inside
Iraq for a long time would create sectarian tension on an unprecedented level
not only in Iraq but also in the whole region because its extreme Islamist
ideology contradicts with that of other religions and sects there a matter
which leads to the eruption of religious and sectarian wars that may cross the
borders of Iraq especially after ISIS's push to demolish holy shrines, mosques
and churches viewed by their followers as holy religious symbols as well as its
threats to demolish the remaining ones as soon as it could reach them.
This attitude may
bring back to the scene the civil war scenario which took place after
demolishing the Askari Imam shrine in Samara sanctified by Shia. The danger
also lies in the fact that ISIS can use Iraqi oil to perform its agenda through
exporting it via the black market as happened in Syria a matter which would enable
it to recruit more people and create a big arsenal of arms that would enable it
to finance organized attacks in the west and to invade entire countries
including the Arab Gulf states viewed by ISIS as easy targets in the light of
the presence of potential supporters of its ideology. The ISIS led campaign
inside Iraq may also increase regional intervention in Iraq internal affairs
where each regional power would side with one party or the other and this , in
turn , would make Iraq an arena for revenge between these countries and they
would gradually nullify the will of Iraqi parties and may hinder reaching a
peaceful settlement unless it serves the interest of these countries.
The most important
point that makes American intervention quite necessary more than that of any
other power is the feeling by Iraqi political powers that American has
abandoned the Iraqi political experiment a matter which could lead some of
these powers whether those participating in the political process or those
outside it to attempt to foil the process and establish an alternative
experiment that departs from the guidelines identified in the original one.
So America has to
interfere to save Iraq and Iraqi people from the serious risks surrounding them
or all the efforts exerted for building a democratic model in Iraq could break
down. If America chose the latter stand , it would make the enemies of the
democratic course in Iraq happy and make them more inclined to shed the blood
of Iraqis , harming its national integrity and dividing it.
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