If Iraq ends up a free democratic nation which is aligned toward defeating terrorists in the Middle East, then I will take that outcome in a heart-beat and see our actions as a tremendous success. Strange how so many on the left who predicted only gloom and doom are now shifting to nirvana or complete failure. There appears to be a mindset in the liberal halls of America which is trying to re-write history; it goes something like this...The Administration and those who supported the Afghanistan/Iraq war, believed the fight against terrorism was going to be a short one and not cost many lives.
Using "insurgent" as liberals so often do as the overriding description of the terrorists in Iraq and elsewhere, doesn't change the nature of the enemy. The killers in Iraq are terrorists. They are killing more of their own Muslim brothers, sisters and children than Americans or allied forces combined. And they are killing them on purpose. In other words, they are seeking out the most vulnerable and innocent and often blowing up children in front of their fathers, mothers and family members. If these actions don't define the word "terrorist" in leftists corners than nothing will.
Many of them come from Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other locations in the Middle East. They are coming to Iraq for notoriety, for vengeance, and because they understand a free and democratic Iraq prospering in the heart of the Middle East will deal a crippling blow to their cause of jihad. Why so many liberals insist on given these terrorists a status symbol name such as insurgent mystifies me. Perhaps they are hoping for them to topple the freely elected government in Iraq and replace it with a theocracy. Perhaps they are secretly wishing Saddam was still in power murdering thousands of innocent people to maintain his grip on power. Or perhaps, they are so short-sighted and full of hatred for Bush and the Republican party, they would rather have us lose the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and turn the Middle East into a theocratic breeding ground of terrorism for another 50 years then see complete victory.
Tough to tell, even tougher to understand. |
