Samir Khader

There are two ways of describing this war. One is "War in Iraq," and the other is "War on Iraq." For Al Jazeera this is a war on Iraq. Even if some in mainstream media here were willing to question the validity of this war they were unable to do it because of a fear of being labeled unpatriotic. This is my personal opinion, and I’m not speaking for my employers. The American media have not done their job. They have been afraid of this issue: "How dare you not support our troops?" I am sorry, but you are sending your children to fight an unjust war. If this is a war for democracy why not invade Saudi Arabia? Why not Egypt, why not Libya? Why Iraq?

If somebody asks what you associate with war you may answer guns, tanks, soldiers, aircraft, bullets or bombs…but what about the human cost? What about the death of soldiers and civilians? I don’t understand how an American can believe that the US can wage a war using its young, without any of them getting hurt or killed. This is war and it will cost American and Iraqi lives, more Iraqi than American.