shamsery
26-03-03, 01:17 PM
During the first five days of American led aggressive war, Iraq has surprised many by the display of its stamina and tactics. It has no doubt increased their national self-esteem, and is generating new respectability and greater support for Iraq in the Arab world and beyond.
If the war lingers till mid-April, the harsh desert summer is likely to set in, and the war will be prolonged further. With grim fight in and around Baghdad, both civilian causality and number of body bags will go up. Peace marches in America will be longer and more militant. Stock markets would go for deeper dips. Popular rating for Bush would start sliding down fast. Democrats may at last find it opportune to charge Bush for reckless acts including wrecking the western alliance and ruining the economy.
Other factors may start working against Bush as well. If the war is dragged along and become bloody, Tony Blair may go Anthony Eden's way, making Bush's 'alliance of willing' totally useless as a platform for promoting alternative international arrangement.
If the war lingers till mid-April, the harsh desert summer is likely to set in, and the war will be prolonged further. With grim fight in and around Baghdad, both civilian causality and number of body bags will go up. Peace marches in America will be longer and more militant. Stock markets would go for deeper dips. Popular rating for Bush would start sliding down fast. Democrats may at last find it opportune to charge Bush for reckless acts including wrecking the western alliance and ruining the economy.
Other factors may start working against Bush as well. If the war is dragged along and become bloody, Tony Blair may go Anthony Eden's way, making Bush's 'alliance of willing' totally useless as a platform for promoting alternative international arrangement.