The Vision of Hope for Iraq

On the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, blogger Mohammed of Iraq the Model relives his experience.

First of all there is the experience of living under the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Life stopped and time stopped when Saddam ruled Iraq, actually that totalitarian regime was moving backwards and dragging us with it and nothing could stop the deterioration that began the moment Saddam came to power.

Then the Americans invaded and suddenly Iraqi and American were face to face.

Now the two strangers had to work together to accomplish a goal Iraqis knew almost nothing about; they knew that America wanted to topple Saddam and secure the oil fields but that's all they knew while America was thinking of a huge transformation for the entire Middle East with Iraq being the key to that transformation.

It’s a humbling thing to think how the Iraqi people were suddenly to become the guinea pigs for the US plan for the Middle East, the plan to rip up the old order and try to plant something else in its place.

Will it all work and will Iraq come through its present sufferings?

We will not be defeated and orphans of the dark past will get what they deserve and our sacrifices and the sacrifices of those who stand with us shall not go in vain, our sacrifices will pave an easier road for those want to follow us when they decide it's time for them to change.

Mohammed is a brave young man, and we must hope that he and his generation will live to plant a society of hope and freedom in the suffering Land Between the Two Rivers.