Ever since European countries took selected territories over in Africa, imperialism has been a large part played in politics, wars, racism, and power control. On February 17, 2010, Robert Gates stressed the Iraq mission, "Oppression Iraqi Freedom,"... not a very welcomed thought by the people in Iraq, however. He wanted to rid the freedom of those who lived in Iraq while our armies were still there, something not a single person on this planet has the right to do. Not even back then, when Europe took Africa; they thought that the people living in Africa were more closely related to animals than to humans and didn't deserve freedom or even the land they walked on. Taking away freedom from those who have it is not a concept of deserving and not, but rather oppression and being oppressed.
Like the link below states, "Withdrawal From Iraq Is Not the End of Imperialist Slaughter." Robert Gates was the one who came up with all of this and stressed it during the war. This was their "new mission" under the military's name during the 2003 invasion. Seven years later, Obama announced "the end of our combat mission in Iraq..." The meaning behind his statements for me is still not superficial. Imperialism seems to still take hold of those in power or around power. Wanting to control something they believe is less than them or not worthy of what that something possesses. In the end, considering the fact that I could care less about politics, I still have no idea whether or not Obama meant that they had completely oppressed Iraq or if he was talking about a different mission. Either way, I just hope the imperialists in this world end up disappearing within the next few decades (even if its an unrealistic thought).
http://en.internationalism.org/inter/156/iraq
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