Iraq Panel IV and V: Civil Issues

Iraq wanted the United States to remain after 2008, and Ms. Shelley Young described the difficulties involved with such an arrangement. Keeping our remaining ground forces there entirely under United States command while in proximity to local rank remains of utmost priority. She also noted orderly and uncontested withdrawal of all United States troops by December 11, 2001.

Colonel Richard Pregent interjected that there are three very hard facts involved with the operations there. As is basic, our military keeps our troops security as the very foremost factor, the region remains complicated no matter what we do, and the area remains under Iraqi law, not ours. The stickiness of the detainee situation there prolongs multiple fronts of diplomatic discourse. The law of the nation allows for no lengthy suspension of charges against detainees. They must either be charged or released. That part of the Iraq front combined with the establishment of a justice system less tainted by corruption makes up the largest part of our last hurdles in that nation.

The detainee issue, yet again, becomes incredibly tedious at the upper levels of the State Department. The revolving contingency of poor souls that sweep through Iraq based on a propaganda influenced version of Islam comes from many different nations. In many cases their nation of origin won't take them back because of the circumstances in which they left. Finding other nations to take them amounts to the most burdensome task left after the end of major military operations.

Peace and a highly workable balance of justice in the region is very nearly complete, with full cooperation of the surrounding nations under Islamic law. Iraq continues to be part of the Haj from the most difficult of directions, but the ability to achieve martyrdom there has been contained. Terrorism will not be tolerated by any of the people of the world who protect the honor and integrity of the innocent and those who remain ignorant of their own faults.

These words are entirely my own interpretation of a document I read on this subject. I am not in any way affiliated with the United States government, and have brought these statements forward with the greatest of care. I have the utmost respect for all involved people and wish for a continued peace and prosperity for all of those who were there and those who will never leave.