Revolts in Iraq

Since the Bush administrations reign over the U.S government, many trivial events occurred relating to terrorist attacks and government spending. In 2003, America had declared war on Iraq, with the belief that they had weapons of mass destruction. America had armed a puppet regime named Saddam Hussein with heavy artillery years before, and following 9/11 felt threatened by his want to gain control over his country again without the help of the U.S.A. So America went to war, which was initially said to be over weapons of mass destruction, but during the years following it turned into a war over oil refineries. Unfortunately during this war many soldiers, innocent people, and children had lost their lives over a war they couldn’t control. Many headlines in the news are about Iraqi terrorist attacks, suicide killings, and revolts against their own government and the U.S. A. With events like Suicide killings in Baghdad killing 18 people and wounding 75 and Attacks on U.S military units stationed in Iraq, the people living that have endured and witnessed a lot of death and destruction. People’s psychological states are altered due to the war. Iraqis over time have taken measures into their own hands in order to show U.S soldiers and government that they are not welcome. Just as John Hope Franklin Says in Slave resistance, that overtime continuous brutality that’s in a system of human exploitation will lead to an eventual revolt or protest against the oppressor (or in this case the enemy). In his essay, he briefly talks about the slave and master relationship and how they naturally dislike each other and how overtime that hatred will build. Which lead to the many revolts against slave owners, killing of themselves, their masters, and their children because of their psychological state and view on slavery. His essay correlates to how those living in Iraq have internalized it, how they want to fight back to have their own rights, and how unbearable all the destruction is around them. Resistance only comes when one can no longer cooperate with an idea, another human being, or group. When they are unwilling to satisfy the request of another they will go to any measure to not have to cooperate with it, mainly because it’s not something they believe in.