Whereas a peculiar kind of founding mother like Miss Gertrude Bell had justified the creation of modern Iraq in 1921 as “at best a regrettable necessity”, Iraq remains as a project idea on this endeavour. Ever since, the “regrettable” justifications of such-&-such “necessity” have created its own dilemma with an identity problem of citizenship prevailing at large. Little wonder! For most of its recent history, the state of Iraq has not matured enough as to amend the crisis as such. And against the code of Hammurabi: the glory of a king is to be father for all people, rulers of Iraq have failed whether kings or republicans as to abide to the rules of challenging hegemony. While inevitable pain and suffering for being a semi-citizen in Iraq has become the subtle game of everyday life, all in all overshadowed by Gilgamesh-like tyranny as ever. And thus, it has abolished any chance for promotion of democracy whilst common people lost all confidence in themselves.
No doubts that the potential vulnerability of Middle Eastern region to internal ethno-religious conflicts has paved the way for the cancerous induction of a destabilising force like ISIS on the new map of its Geo-strategic projection. And prospects for (what might be) a century-of-wars in Middle East; yet fused and confused with the horror-of-terror of regional horde of wrath and bad-blood, will eventuate the descending of entire region into a dark age. Behold! It might alas spark the chain reaction of worse nightmare to dawn upon our existing civilization worldwide; in words of Samuel P. Huntington (2002): ‘On a worldwide basis Civilization seems in many respects to be yielding to barbarism’. Verily, it is a tragic irony that sustaining an era of hatred by this and that man-of-means in Iraq carries the risk of blowback. For while the internal problems of Iraq are more prone to become unmanageable wonder if there will be winners in such political grand illusion? Bear in mind that the strategists of terror according to “The 33 Strategies of war” by Robert Greene (2006) “create the illusion that they are everywhere and therefore that they are far more powerful than they really are”. Here, when inner shock is at height, it robs decision makers of reflection and clarity of vision. To that end, we have to admit with Robert Greene that the up-hill task as to “plot the most effective counter strategy, victims of terror must stay balanced”. And yet as symptoms of imbalance in Iraq have hitherto worked against planning a strategic response, it urges a policy to guide such a strategic capability. Ultimately, the new cabinet in Baghdad must act as real statesmen all towards:-
• Tackling the identity problem that is shrouding the mind-&-heart of every citizen with the mist of panic & uncertainty.
• Embarking upon building-up the state-of-citizenship than that of authority.
• A political commitment than political wishes, for social justice for all people of Iraq.
• Re-education & public awareness on better co-existence among the Iraqi diverse communities as well as on the supremacy of laws.
• Promoting true faith-&-belief in humanity of all fellow-citizens
• Adopting bottom-up dialogue all towards democracy for preserving dignity of all people and democratization of development for socio-economic progress.
• Politicians are subject for public questioning and parliamentary interrogation and all according to the over-rule of laws.