“An exceptional tyranny”
Der irakische Regimegegner Kanan Makiya, der auf diesem Blog schon mehrfach zu Wort kam, ist einer der wenigen Intellektuellen, deren moralischer Kompass noch funktioniert. Er sagt
1. Über Gewalt im Irak, einst und jetzt:
Well, human rights abuses are widely, widely prevalent, if not the norm, in Iraq. The difference between the two situations is that one was officially sanctioned. Torture was the pinnacle of a system for whom that was almost a desirable form of punishment for breaking the rules during the Saddam Hussein state. Whereas now, torture is occurring because of a general breakdown of authority, left, right, and center, because of the inability of the state to essentially exercise control, to exercise law and order.
2. Über den Sturz des Diktators:
I, like many others, made many mistakes of evaluation, of judgment. But I don’t know how to look anybody in the face today and say that because things have gone wrong since the liberation, that it was therefore wrong to get rid of an extraordinary tyranny like [the one] we suffered under in Iraq. An exceptional tyranny, even by the terrible standards of the Middle East.
3. Über Europas Auftreten gegenüber den Irakern:
It is very sad for me that Europe, which is a bastion of so many of the highest ideals to which I aspire, sat back and was happy to let the Iraqi people live under that inhuman regime of sanctions, which were killing people in vast numbers. And [Europe] allowed this situation of abuse and tyranny of the regime to continue, and did not think it morally necessary — forget practically, maybe it’s not practical — to get rid of that kind of institutionalized abuse on that kind of scale. Now, the United States chose to act, for whatever reason. From my point of view as an Iraqi, that decision was a thousand times better, morally speaking, than the inaction of the Europeans.
Aber wer in Europa will das hören.
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Wow, im Ernst??
mag ja sein, daß Kanan Makiya einen funktionierenden moralischen Kompass hat, nur fehlte und fehlt ihm offensichtlich jegliche Kenntnis des Terrains!!!
Und dementsprechend hat er – wie ein Satellitennavigationssystem – andere in der richtigen Himmelsrichtung über die Klippe laufen lassen!
Um eine aktuelle Karte hat er sich nicht gekümmert und dass die Wege gangbar sind, stand auch nicht auf seiner Prioritätenliste!!
Und dem soll jetzt Europa zuhören, wenn er sagt: “Hm, aber die Richtung stimmte schon…”?
Was für eine erbärmliche Figur. Von Selbstkritik und Verantwortung übernehmen hält er nichts. Er ist ja nur für die Moral zuständig. Oder um im Bild zu bleiben: sich erst als Bergführer aufspielen und “Da lang!” schreien und die anderen Wege (Waffeninspektionen, Sanktionen,…) schlechtreden, und später hätte jemand anderes sich um gangbare Wege, Ausrüstung, Karten usw. kümmern sollen…
Man vergleiche seine Worte von heute mit denen von 2003:
http://www.rferl.org/featuresa.....BB530.html
RFE/RL: You were supportive of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Do you still feel that you were right, looking back now after three and a half years?
Makiya: I, like many others, made many mistakes of evaluation, of judgment. But I don’t know how to look anybody in the face today and say that because things have gone wrong since the liberation, that it was therefore wrong to get rid of an extraordinary tyranny like [the one] we suffered under in Iraq. An exceptional tyranny, even by the terrible standards of the Middle East. It seems to me these are two separate questions, morally speaking. Not politically; I’m not speaking realpolitik.
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You can say many, many other things are wrong. Policies that were followed afterwards were wrong. Approaches to government were wrong. Choices of individuals were wrong, yes. All of those are real, legitimate concerns. The lack of planning was serious. Iraqi failure to deal with their own divisions. The tendency of Iraqi politicians to foster sectarian divisions rather than to overcome them. Yes, all of these are errors — or, worse than errors, they’re terrible things that have happened since that have led this experiment, this project, to go in the direction that it is going now, which is very sad.
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Now, the United States chose to act, for whatever reason. From my point of view as an Iraqi, that decision was a thousand times better, morally speaking, than the inaction of the Europeans.
“Transcript of Iraq Seminar with Richard Perle and Kanan Makiya
March 17, 2003
National Press Club, Washington, DC
http://www.benadorassociates.com/article/664
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In my discussions it is my understanding that the United States government has committed itself to the following items: a very thorough and necessary prerequisites for democracy in Iraq and that is, if I might list them, as follows. And this does, if I might say, this is something that the opposition is in agreement with fully and totally.
Firstly an extensive (INAUDIBLE) program of all Iraqi authorities and ministries. Secondly, a complete dismantling of the security services of the regime, leaving only the regular police force intact. Thirdly, to form and possibly even decommissioning of the Iraqi army, post-liberation, with the possible use of parts of that army for the sake of the reconstruction of Iraq. Fourth, a dismantling of the forces of the republican guard and five, a gradual transfer of authority to an Iraqi interim authority that will be created out of the existing Iraqi opposition. These are the essential steps that we need to be able to begin the constitutional process that we will ourselves be undertaking inside Iraq the day after liberation.”
Politischer Werdegang von Kanan Makiya:
http://neo-neocon.blogspot.com.....akiya.html
Über ein bitteres Fazit des Krieges von George Packer, der
Kanan Makiya aber weitgehend schont: “Confessions of a Humvee Liberal”
http://www.washingtonmonthly.c.....hirsh.html
> Aber wer in Europa will das hören.
Ich nicht. Herr Makiya, der personifizierte moralische Kompass, der es ablehnt, für seine Wegvorschläge die moralische Verantwortung zu übernehmen.
Dem zuzuhören lohnt sich nicht.
soupchef