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In this article Ray McGovern has openly criticized the policies of American government regarding invasion in Iraq. He has described the after maths of war and the condition of the people who suffer in it.In the beginning he says the truth has finally been revealed, George.W.Bush has admitted that the invasion and occupation of Iraq was aimed simply to have control over Iraq’s oil resources which is contrary to his previous justifications of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and links with AL Qaeda.In the eyes of America oil and military bases are well worth the indignity of troops casualties. It’s a truth acknowledged by majority of them that a few soldiers killed every week is a very minor price to pay for oil the need. He says that it is easier for them to parrot the administrations dishonesty than to confront the reality that they are bringing death and destruction not only in Iraq but to their own fellow citizens as well.The war not only affects common people but also veterans as soldiers are retarded physically and mentally. Veteran’s administration documents show that nearly 264,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have been treated to VA hospitals also including 100,000 mentally disturbed. The expenditure on such treatments is estimated to $700 billion for the next 40 years.The iniquities of war have been widened the inequalities in the society. According to Manuel Garcia, JR,” War is a Racket”.“War is just a racket”. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small group inside know what it is about. it is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.I believe in adequate at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we’ll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and soldiers follow the flag.There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defence of our homes and the other is Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.There isn’t a trick in the racketeering bag that military gang is blind too. It has its “finger men” to point out enemies, its “muscle men” to destroy enemies, its “brain men” to plan war preparations, and a “big boss” super-nationalistic-capitalism.”Writer has also described the whole process of surgery and his medical treatment which underwent on the New Year’s Eve. The only one question was grabbing his mind was “why he was privileged to have an access to the best in medical treatment, when many other veterans were deprived of such medical assistance. No one can feel others misery unless he feels and experiences it in the same or different manner.He had himself in his knapsack the health insurance card, with its help he was able to get sophisticated, million dollar technology treatment. The writer has in a very sarcastic way criticised war against terror in which many bitter experiences have been related with the conditions of Prisoners of Guantanamo.

• Condition in stress test which was done to induce stress before surgery has been related to the circumstances of the prisoners in Guantanamo, whether they would survive deliberately induced stress which they encounter.
• Experience on narrow gurney for 20 minutes with two technicians and nurses for look after, whereas the strapped-in-prisoners of Guantanamo neither able to move nor can protest with apathetic physicians and consultants who their best to inflict injury rather than to alleviate pain.
• Two dozens Guantanamo detainees who tried to starve themselves to death for this was their only hope for release. According to many military official detainees this act is taken as “an act of asymmetrical warfare against us”.
• The writer wonders how would Graffy, deputy assistant secretary of state for public diplomacy, comment on suicides of 6,256 veterans who took their lives after waiting a long time medical treatment.

Talking about the reason of his disease he says that he cannot blame his disease on someone’s negligence or the consequences of highly toxic weapons but thousand s of Iraqis and those troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan can. Most of the U.S serviceman and woman blame their cancer due to the infect from reduced quality uranium us in large guns and other poisoned chemicals in populated areas of Iraq that lead to cancer. Thousands of U.S troops in Iraq are likely to have been exposed to DU to some degree, absorbing it either by inhaling contaminated dust or ingesting it from contaminated water, food and soil. Initial estimates are that between 100 and 200 tones of DU munitions were used in Iraq and that at least 17 incidents took place during the combat phase that would most likely have resulted in U.S and British personnel being exposed to high concentrations of DU particles.

Conclusion:

War against any country whether Iraq or Afghanistan has far reaching effects on not on the country involved itself (America) but rest of the world is not safe from its horrible consequences. Iraq war proved to be a trillion dollar war of America, their treasury has bankrupted, economy is shambling and infrastructure has crumbled. The only things on an upward swing are the profits of oil companies…and suicides in their military!!

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This article is been rephrased from the article by ray Mcgovern, “The iniquities and inequalities of war”