25 September 2006
A paradoxical necessity of the Iraqi theater
12:19 PM
Of course, the news on everyone’s mind today is the National Intelligence Estimate’s claim that the war has helped create a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks. According to Democrats this is evidence that we need to chose new (i.e., Democrat) leadeship in the November elections.
"Unfortunately this report is just confirmation that the Bush administration's stay-the-course approach to the Iraq war has not just made the war more difficult and more deadly for our troops, but has also made the war on terror more dangerous for every American," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel head of the Democratic effort to take control of the House.
"It is abundantly clear that we need a new direction in Iraq by strategically redeploying our troops to fight and win the real war on terror and make our country safer," said Sen. Edward Kennedy. "The American people know it and our military leaders do as well. It's only the Republican leaders who have their heads in the sand, stubbornly refusing to change course and making the war on terror harder to win."*
Typical.
I just happen to disagree with Democrats, on this. It is a necessity that our presence in Iraq would spawn more Islamic radicals and terrorists. How could it be otherwise? Recall that Osama bin Laden has them convinced that we are weak. They are committed to showing that to the world. It is unthinkable to them that we should win. Apparently, Democrats and others thought that at the first sign of resistance from us, the terrorist movement would just shrivel up and blow away. They should have known that the enemy would re-double their efforts.
Early in this war President Bush announced that it would be a long war, perhaps decades long. How could anyone hear that and not anticipate an increase in the number of terror participants? If, as they seem to have expected, the number of terrorists would dwindle, then the war would be a short one. Implicit in the statement that a war on terror would be a long one is the understanding that at least one of the reasons for this would be an increase in the number of those engaging in terrorism. I do not recall any Democrats contradicting the President’s assertion that the war would be a long one, which they should have done if they thought that terrorists would begin surrenduring after we started killing them.
Then too, there is OBL’s informing the Islamofascist world that Iraq is the central battlefield in the fight against terrorism. If I were a Muslim, inclined to acts of terrorism in order to advance this brand of Islam, and I heard OBL say that, I’d be on my way to Iraq. And I’d be taking as many of my friends along as I could convince to go with me, the cause being so worthy and all. Allow the ‘great Satan’ to win? Allah forbid it?
I don’t know about these politicians, but where I come from, when someone pushes you and you push back, it doesn’t end there. It’s just getting started, and someone is going to get hurt. Maybe that’s not true in the cute and cuddly neighborhoods where these politicians grew up. I don’t know. I do know that they have not been paying attention to terrorism. For the last several decades we’ve been fighting a ‘war’ on terrorism. And for the last several decades terrorist activity has escalated. How can anyone be surprised that the number of terrorists increases? The days of the Bader-Meinhof gang and Carlos the Jackal are gone, and they’re not coming back. This is the day of Allah-sanctioned war against the ‘great Satan’ and the ‘little Satan.’ Things are likely to get even worse than they are now before they get better. (And the Democrats are already wussing out.)
How can anyone not know all this?
My answer: The Democrats do know this. They’re counting on the possibility, if not the probablity, that most voters don’t know this.
On the other hand, maybe Democrats don’t know this, in which case they don’t know the enemy. And if that is true, then just why in the world should we give the leadership of this war to them? Madness!
Oh yeah: the National Intelligence Estimate was a classified document. So now our enemies, to hear the Democrats talk, have reason to believe they are succeeding in wearing down our resolve. Thank you, news media and liberal Democrats. You should be proud of yourselves. You’re the best players the other side has.
_________________
* These quotes are from the AP story by Nedra Pickler.
"Unfortunately this report is just confirmation that the Bush administration's stay-the-course approach to the Iraq war has not just made the war more difficult and more deadly for our troops, but has also made the war on terror more dangerous for every American," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel head of the Democratic effort to take control of the House.
"It is abundantly clear that we need a new direction in Iraq by strategically redeploying our troops to fight and win the real war on terror and make our country safer," said Sen. Edward Kennedy. "The American people know it and our military leaders do as well. It's only the Republican leaders who have their heads in the sand, stubbornly refusing to change course and making the war on terror harder to win."*
Typical.
I just happen to disagree with Democrats, on this. It is a necessity that our presence in Iraq would spawn more Islamic radicals and terrorists. How could it be otherwise? Recall that Osama bin Laden has them convinced that we are weak. They are committed to showing that to the world. It is unthinkable to them that we should win. Apparently, Democrats and others thought that at the first sign of resistance from us, the terrorist movement would just shrivel up and blow away. They should have known that the enemy would re-double their efforts.
Early in this war President Bush announced that it would be a long war, perhaps decades long. How could anyone hear that and not anticipate an increase in the number of terror participants? If, as they seem to have expected, the number of terrorists would dwindle, then the war would be a short one. Implicit in the statement that a war on terror would be a long one is the understanding that at least one of the reasons for this would be an increase in the number of those engaging in terrorism. I do not recall any Democrats contradicting the President’s assertion that the war would be a long one, which they should have done if they thought that terrorists would begin surrenduring after we started killing them.
Then too, there is OBL’s informing the Islamofascist world that Iraq is the central battlefield in the fight against terrorism. If I were a Muslim, inclined to acts of terrorism in order to advance this brand of Islam, and I heard OBL say that, I’d be on my way to Iraq. And I’d be taking as many of my friends along as I could convince to go with me, the cause being so worthy and all. Allow the ‘great Satan’ to win? Allah forbid it?
I don’t know about these politicians, but where I come from, when someone pushes you and you push back, it doesn’t end there. It’s just getting started, and someone is going to get hurt. Maybe that’s not true in the cute and cuddly neighborhoods where these politicians grew up. I don’t know. I do know that they have not been paying attention to terrorism. For the last several decades we’ve been fighting a ‘war’ on terrorism. And for the last several decades terrorist activity has escalated. How can anyone be surprised that the number of terrorists increases? The days of the Bader-Meinhof gang and Carlos the Jackal are gone, and they’re not coming back. This is the day of Allah-sanctioned war against the ‘great Satan’ and the ‘little Satan.’ Things are likely to get even worse than they are now before they get better. (And the Democrats are already wussing out.)
How can anyone not know all this?
My answer: The Democrats do know this. They’re counting on the possibility, if not the probablity, that most voters don’t know this.
On the other hand, maybe Democrats don’t know this, in which case they don’t know the enemy. And if that is true, then just why in the world should we give the leadership of this war to them? Madness!
Oh yeah: the National Intelligence Estimate was a classified document. So now our enemies, to hear the Democrats talk, have reason to believe they are succeeding in wearing down our resolve. Thank you, news media and liberal Democrats. You should be proud of yourselves. You’re the best players the other side has.
_________________
* These quotes are from the AP story by Nedra Pickler.
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