"Tehran and Damascus fear the defeat of the terrorists in Iraq, both because it will send a deadly message throughout the Muslim world (this is a losing fight, you can't beat the Americans, not even the 12th Imam can do that), and because it encourages their own people to fight the terror masters. So I imagine we will soon see desperate efforts to ratchet up the violence in Iraq, as well as in Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank. In other words, we are engaged in a regional war, of which Iraq is just one front. As Petraeus said in his testimony, you can't win in Iraq if you only fight in Iraq."
That is something that many of those on the left, and apparently some on the right, don't understand, unfortunately.
Thank you for the post, pings, and the excellent contribution!
Yes, it was. I didn’t know Ledeen had a son in Iraq. Obviously, he’s putting his son where his mouth is. It’s a strange but true thing that a man (or a woman) shows his beliefs when his risks his life for them, but even more when he’ll risk his sons or daughters, IMHO.