We went to war to not only remove Saddam, but to lance the boil on the ass of civilization that the Middle East had become. Yes it is painful, but the boil is large and filled with infection and pus. Someday it may be healthy again.
In the meantime, the oppressive countries surrounding Iraq that are threatened by the new free societies are not taking the challenge lightly. Their control and power are at risk, they must fight or die. Many seem surprised by this outcome.
Then there is the balance needed to keep the oil flowing into the world market. It is tricky to do surgery on the cow, while we are milking it. Keeping our few allies in the region happy, while we beat the feces out of al Qaeda. It’s a delicate balance.
Our other option was to whine bitch and moan to the UN about it for eternity and hope to stop terrorist attacks against allies and the US targets world wide. Pretty much a game of whack a mole with little success possible. I’ve heard a report recently of over 300,000 terrorists are now dead. As Martha would say “It’s a good thing.”
The plan to draw al Qaeda into fighting in Iraq remains brilliant, the execution of our efforts get a much lower grade. Why? Because we have asked those fighting for our freedom to fight with both hands tied behind their backs with rules of engagement that our enemies exploit with glee.
Then there is the loser party in America and their media sycophants that miss few chances to stab the freedom fighters in the back and to celebrate the enemies successes. Why do they do this? Because the loser party has become quite insane from being denied power.
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I agree, however Bush has handled it terribly by his "moderation" of war. You can't reason with these people because the evil deception is ingrained so deeply in their souls all life has become to them is to get revenge. Just like their God is portrayed.
This war might last generations, and will just get worse because now free societies can not afford to allow these oppressive regimes to win. No one in America seems to understand what this means. The anti-war, moderates, and left, don't have a clue about what the enemy is trying to do. Most ignorantly they just don't care, and think they're just going to live their lives as they always have and will never have to face a time where we will have carnage and war in our streets!
I ask myself every day, why we haven't had any trouble on Main St. America? Is security that good, or is our enemy really not trying to force these issue here? Has some of the most recent problems actually been terrorism disguised? What is happening?