I was watching TV today when I read the news about the resignation of the German labor minister who used to be the minister of defense. The minister resigned because of the air strike that caused the death of Afghani civilians during the military operation of the international forces in Afghanistan

. Before the minister presented his resignation, the German army chief of general staff resigned. Although their resignation did not change the fact that a mistake had happened and claimed the lives of innocent people and although they are not directly responsible for the mistake but they held their responsibility.

     Here in Iraq, hundreds of mistake happened allover the country including security mistakes that claimed the lives of thousands of civilians. Until now, no one of our officials came on TV to admit his mistake or to resign. All we hear about is starting an investigation. Until now, tens of investigations related to big incidents had been opened but we never heard about the end and the final result of any of them.

     I wonder if any of our officials who committed indirectly tens of mistakes read or watched the news about the German officials and if any of them is able to do take the same step!!! Of course it would not be the end of the world but for sure it would be a sign of real new Iraq.