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U.S. Occupation of Iraq Impugned Worldwide

KCNA

    Pyongyang, September 26 (KCNA) -- The United States has found itself in a tough spot over Iraqi crisis getting all the more serious. Iraq's possession of "weapons of mass destruction" was one of the reasons why the United States launched the war in Iraq. It has mobilized as many troops as a brigade to find out mass destruction weapons and promised to offer 200,000 dollars to the discoverer.
    But it has failed to find out such weapons until now. Worse still, it has been revealed that the "information" the Bush administration presented as a reason for war was faked up intentionally by it.
    In the United States White House and the CIA shoved off the blame for the misinformation to each other and congressmen have urged the administration to unveil the truth behind the misinformation and held it responsible for the fabrication. And public opinion accuses President Bush of having cheated the people.
    It is the view of news analysts that the United States and its allies are beset with a political crisis caused by the misinformation and they can hardly get off the hook.
    Tragic losses the United States has suffered in Iraq since the end of the war have also put the Bush administration in hot water.
    According to media reports, the number of American troops who died after the war already far surpassed the death toll during the war.
    The colossal amount of military expenditures has given a serious effect to the U.S. economy, which has been harassed by financial deficit, beclouding the possibility for Bush's reelection.
    AP said the United States has spent about 48 billion dollars since the outbreak of the war and the expenditures are likely to increase steadily.
    A spree of murder, looting and destruction has prevailed in Iraq where the United States was advertising that it brought "liberation and stability". The UN mission in Baghdad was attacked twice and large-scale attacks are ceaseless, tarring the U.S. image in the international community.
    The Australian prime minister, who supported the U.S. attack on Iraq and dispatched troops to the war, said even though the United Nations seeks a greater role to play in Iraq after the war, his country would not send peacekeeping forces to Iraq.
    France, Russia, Germany and other members of the Security Council have cold-shouldered the U.S.-made draft resolution for seizing the helm of the multi-national forces to be dispatched under the approval of the United Nations, and the political control of Iraq.
    BBC was of the view that China would support proposals advanced by France, Germany and Russia to decrease the political role of the United States and Britain in Iraq. It also reported that China has joined hands again with those countries that opposed the U.S. attack on Iraq in March before the outbreak of the war.
    The awkward position of the United States in the international community is an inevitable result of the Bush administration's wrong policy. The Bush administration, instead of drawing a proper lesson from the crisis caused by its unreasonable strong-arm policy and unjustifiable occupation of Iraq, is still seeking its interests unilaterally with others' help.