They intend, if they can, to have an Iraq Americana, but the Iraqi people have decided otherwise.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker asserts that despite foreign plans to shape Iraq's future, the Iraqi people have rejected those plans and made their own choices.
- In plain terms
- Foreign powers want to control Iraq but the people there have decided otherwise.
- What can you take from it?
- Local populations ultimately determine their own political fate.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who truly represents a people?
- Can foreign plans override local will?
Another view
The statement assumes a unified will among the Iraqi people which may not reflect internal diversity.
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