They have a point there in a war that appears to be in stalemate mode forever. I would like to think though that when our troops battle al quaeda, chris and ted are rooting for our soldiers in the actual fight. That i think is the crux of the matter.
I don't believe we're in a stalemate, nor do I believe it is "forever".
But the fundamental problem, I think, is the belief that we're at war, or should be, against solely AQ. However, Bush [properly, IMO] declared the scope of the war to be far broader than just AQ, and included those who are terrorists, but also those who in some way support terrorism -- either through harboring terrorists or financing, whatever. Furthermore, it is not just terrorists who attacked the US, but ANY terrorists (which would include Palestinian suicide bombers, for example). However, nothing in Bush's remarks would suggest that we would deal with them all in precisely the same fashion.
The Left has made a mistake by zeroing in on AQ as the sole enemy, and declaring the war a failure because we haven't gotten bin Laden.
We are at war against radical Islam, which is a huge subset of Islam. The view that we're at war against AQ, which is a tiny subset of Islam, is misguided. The problem isn't some crew of renegades. |
