>If that is their choice, then so be it. In this event, there is no blaming the USA (or Israel)for their actions as a country. The claim that this is just a radical few would be handily dispelled huh?
That's one hell of a statement to make when US soldiers will have died to ennable jihadis.
And that claim about a radical few is just a claim, a propagandistic attempt to minimise the threat of jihad to the great unwashed. It was laughable then and it's still now. Anybody with a knowledge of say, Egypt and the history ofthe Muslim Brotherhood throughout the Arab world, and even the Algerian elections in 1992 demostrate the utter absurdity of that fallacy put out by the USG.
"That's one hell of a statement to make when US soldiers will have died to ennable jihadis."
Soldiers have died to remove obstacles that stood in the way of people making their own choices. If Jihad is their joice then, indeed, so be it, but they should be aware of the consequences of their choices. In this statement you only address ONE choice made by one section of people. Using a bit of a broad brush there aren't you? That is political ideological spin there my my friend.
You attempt to chose FOR them, and that is where you go so wrong. They must be able to chose their own path so that they may be held accountable for the choices they do make.
THINK for a second and apply some common sense. There are around 25 MILLION people in Iraq. If the overwhelming majority of them were chosing JIHAD how is it that only around 1700 soldiers have died in combat? I mean think for a minute about that, the majority of 25 million against 130 thousand?????? See, it doesnt fit. Your broad brush lacks paint to make an accurate stroke.
Ok claim it DOES fit and it really is a majority of 25 million against 130 thousand, Doesn't seem like a very successful or growing 'insurgency' does it? This angle would support the AWESOME job the US military is doing there. Indeed, no matter HOW you look at it, when you see the forrest thru the trees they are succeeding in their efforts and rather than bag on them all the time you ought to be thanking them and commending them.