This is the latest from O'Reilly, The stupid part is where he attempts to blame President George W. Bush "have failed to define the seriousness of the situation to Americans, many of whom are still in an anti-war fog induced by Howard Dean and other cut-and-run types."
I can put kerry and O'Reilly, the Ny Times and so many others. But placing President George W. Bush in that sentence shows the stupidity and blindness of O'Reilly.
Other than that, the article makes great points.
It's a scandal U.S. is almost alone in Iraq
Sometimes in life you have to stand and fight, even if it means extreme discomfort. That's what's going on in Iraq right now.
Iraq may not be the right place to engage Islama-fascism, but it is the reality America faces. Incredible circumstances like Sept. 11, faulty intelligence on weapons of mass destruction and a unique world war against terrorism have conspired to bring America a brutal challenge. But to surrender to that challenge would open a door of unintended consequences that would threaten all of us.
An Iraq run by terrorists would be another Afghanistan under the Taliban. Jihadists would be trained and dispatched to spread fear and death around world. Eventually, the nuclear scientists in Iran could provide that kind of weaponry to the terrorists in neighboring Iraq. That's a doomsday scenario, if there ever was one.
You would think the rest of the world would understand the threat, but many countries simply look the other way, calculating that America or Israel will take the brunt of any high-tech terrorism. We know now that Saddam Hussein bribed high-ranking officials in France and Russia and perhaps even China through the UN oil-for-food program. So it's not hard to understand why those countries refused to move against a gravy-train dictator spending billions to keep himself in power. But Saddam's gone, so why not help stabilize Iraq now? Surely that would enhance world security.
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and China have no answers to that question. So the chaos in Iraq is being confronted by the U.S. and a few allies when every civilized nation should be clamoring to help defeat the terrorists inside Iraq.
This fight is a defining moment in U.S. history. All the screwups in the past mean little when the future of that country is considered. Both President Bush and John Kerry have failed to define the seriousness of the situation to Americans, many of whom are still in an anti-war fog induced by Howard Dean and other cut-and-run types.
The difficulty and frustration of the war in Iraq is painful to contemplate as Americans die nearly every day. But no President can allow terrorists to create a nuclear jihad zone.
And there is no question that is what the terrorists want - a place where they can operate with impunity, a place of hatred and unlimited violence.
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