An Iraqi woman called me today crying. She saw on the news her university bombed to the ground. She felt as sad as when her home was destroyed during the US invasion of Iraq. The worst of it is not the pain she expressed, it is the fatalism that transpired. Farida personifies the lost hope of a whole nation.
The University of Mosul was founded in April 1967, building on the foundations of the 1929 College of Medicine.
It was a respected academic center of higher education in Iraq. The University offered accredited Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees in more than 100 scientific specializations. More than 80,000 students have graduated since the foundation of the University. Many of them contributed to science all over the world.
It was one of the largest educational and research centers in the Middle East, and the second largest in Iraq, behind the University of Baghdad.
US planes leading the Combined Joint Task Force destroyed the university of Mosul in March 2016.
The explanation is that it became a command center for Daesh.
Most probably true, however one wonders how much do the Iraqis need to pay as a price to the US invasion, followed by the war against terrorism.
Hillary Clinton in an effort to be elected President joins today those who said that they were mistaken to vote for the war on Iraq allowing George W. Bush to launch his military campaign.
One wonders what they are apologizing for and if these apologies have any value.
Will the recognition of mistake restore the life of Fardia and all of those who suffered and are still suffering in Iraq?
Removing Saddam was not a mistake.
The catastrophic nation building that followed and handing Iraq to Iran was the mistake.
Then hijacking the elections that Allawi won by pressuring for the restoration of Maliki to power was another more recent mistake that lead to the rise of Daesh.
There is no real accountability for the superpowers.
They can meddle making mistakes and then complain about the world needing them.
A real catch 22 situation and those who pay the price are far far away....
The University of Mosul was founded in April 1967, building on the foundations of the 1929 College of Medicine.
It was a respected academic center of higher education in Iraq. The University offered accredited Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees in more than 100 scientific specializations. More than 80,000 students have graduated since the foundation of the University. Many of them contributed to science all over the world.
It was one of the largest educational and research centers in the Middle East, and the second largest in Iraq, behind the University of Baghdad.
US planes leading the Combined Joint Task Force destroyed the university of Mosul in March 2016.
The explanation is that it became a command center for Daesh.
Most probably true, however one wonders how much do the Iraqis need to pay as a price to the US invasion, followed by the war against terrorism.
Hillary Clinton in an effort to be elected President joins today those who said that they were mistaken to vote for the war on Iraq allowing George W. Bush to launch his military campaign.
One wonders what they are apologizing for and if these apologies have any value.
Will the recognition of mistake restore the life of Fardia and all of those who suffered and are still suffering in Iraq?
Removing Saddam was not a mistake.
The catastrophic nation building that followed and handing Iraq to Iran was the mistake.
Then hijacking the elections that Allawi won by pressuring for the restoration of Maliki to power was another more recent mistake that lead to the rise of Daesh.
There is no real accountability for the superpowers.
They can meddle making mistakes and then complain about the world needing them.
A real catch 22 situation and those who pay the price are far far away....
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