Only Half Done, The Future is in Iraq

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[Pan_Yans Wife]

Only Half Done, The Future is in Iraq

August 26, 2003 National Review Online Jed Babbin

That blood is still being shed in Iraq is stated every day with calculated surprise. Voiced by the media, the Dems and our faux-allies in the U.N., the surprise is a criticism of our termination of Saddam's regime, implying falsely that we promised instant success. What these critics willfully overlook is that while we fight the remnants of Saddam's regime, we are also at war — quite literally — with Iraq's terrorist neighbors. Iraq is the stage upon which the future of the Middle East is being fought out.

The truth is more than Gen. John Abizaid said last week when he said that Iraq is the center of the global war on terrorism. Though he and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that terrorists are coming into Iraq from Syria, they both stopped short of stating the undiplomatic but terribly clear fact that the governments of Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and others have decided to make a stand against freedom in Iraq. In addition, the Sudan, Afghani Taliban, and Palestinian terrorists have all joined the fight. The president almost confirmed this last Friday when he said that there was a "foreign element" moving into Iraq. Sorry, Mr. President. They aren't moving into Iraq. They have been there almost since our campaign began, and more are still coming.

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[aristotleman]

I think it's great that the terrorists are drawn into Iraq, because it makes it easier to hunt them down. Logic dictates this. It is a cynical belief though, since it is costing us the lives of our brave soldiers and our allies.

Those kids are giving up their lives (physically and mentally) to engage the terrorists and make it safer for us here at home. I feel guilty that the media does not offer them their support and gratitude.

The downside of engaging the terrorists is that we are distracted from freely looking for the WMDs - a far more important and immediate priority than the long term security in Iraq.

[Coop]

The downside of engaging the terrorists is that we are distracted from freely looking for the WMDs - a far more important and immediate priority than the long term security in Iraq.

David Kay's team has not stopped its work.

[aristotleman]

David Kay's team is interviewing Iraqis that are frightened by terrorists and won't speak openly. The sooner we disperse the terrorists, the sooner the Iraqis will feel free to tell us what they know.

[Coop]

We will never be free of terrorists, in Iraq or elsewhere in the world.