>>Bullets and bombs targeting and murdering innocent Iraqis is the method of Islamic terrorists.
America is winning the war of ideas and ideals with care and compassion.<<
Thomas -
We're not using bullets and bombs also? Gee, I didn't know that. Did we kill Zarqawi with kindness? Has all the "collateral damage" in terms of innocent Iraqi civilian deaths been caused by overly enthusiastic group hugs? I do realize that we don't deliberately target innocent civilians, but if your loved one is killed, are you going to care about the killer's motives?
I mean, nice pictures, and I'm sure that much humanitarian work has been done by Americans in Iraq. On the other hand, HAMAS won the recent election in Palestine because they had also been doing humanitarian work.
If that was all we had been doing, then you might have a better case.
And in a related story:
Karzai: War Not Getting at Terrorism Cause
Jun 23, 4:37 PM (ET)
By TINI TRAN
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - One of America's closest allies says the war on terrorism fails to address its root causes.
Experts agreed with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, saying Friday the major military offensive against the Taliban will not fix Afghanistan's larger crises - a
lack of reconstruction and jobs, a booming drug trade, and a weak government.
"You won't win unless you can convince people that progress is being made," said Marvin Weinbaum, a former State Department analyst now a scholar at the Washington-based Middle East Institute.
"One of the things we recognize is that we have failed to improve on the development side, especially in the south. In the areas with the greatest need, we have not gotten the reconstruction that was necessary."
On Thursday, a clearly frustrated Karzai criticized the coalition's anti-terror campaign, deploring the deaths of hundreds of Afghans and appealing for more help for his government. The coalition has killed hundreds, mostly Taliban militants, since May.
Karzai spokesman Khaleeq Ahmad said Friday the president wanted the international community to reevaluate its approach.
apnews.excite.com
- Allen |
