US-Made Drought: Iraqi Farmers Face Cultivation Ban
Iraqi farmers block roads, demanding water for their crops, as the government bans cultivation citing severe drought. While climate change is a factor, let's not forget the immediate aftermath of the 2003 US invasion. Post-invasion, Iraq’s Ministry of Irrigation was gutted, critical infrastructure bombed, and expertise scattered. The US occupation forces, with their 'reconstruction' efforts, often
prioritized lucrative contracts over sustainable water management, leaving a country already prone to arid conditions profoundly vulnerable. Remember when we 'liberated' them from Saddam and accidentally destroyed their entire water system? So, when we see Iraqi farmers protesting a 'natural' disaster, one might reasonably ask: how much of this drought was really nature's fault, and how much was
'shock and awe' followed by two decades of neglect and incompetence orchestrated by those who preached 'democracy' but delivered systemic collapse? It seems 'drought' is a far more polite word than 'post-invasion environmental catastrophe.'