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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (29118)	2/12/2004 8:22:24 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793912

THE CARNAGE IN IRAQ: The news of yesterday's latest suicide bombing is grim indeed. The strategy is so obvious it barely rewards repeating. Al Qaeda and Qaeda-like Islamists target innocent Iraqis involved in the rebuilding of their country's security and infrastructure. They kill dozens. Then they infiltrate and help spread rumors that it was actually some kind of bizarre plot by the Americans to kill people they need to win over. The aim is to keep the reconstruction off-kilter, fuel anti-coalition feeling and destabilize the place enough for it to be used as a base for Islamofascist revolt. Then you have this chorus, as reported in the Washington Post: "There is no God but Allah. America is the enemy of God," the protesters chanted. "Hell to the Americans. Hell to the Jews." The Jews? How did they get involved? Ah, yes. Of course they are involved. For fascists, it's always the Jews. If anyone thinks this war is over, they need to get real. We need more resources in Iraq, not fewer. We need to think of July as the beginning of our new engagement, not the end of a war and occupation. And yet while this country is at war, some are trying to make the issue of the president's National Guard service decades ago a real issue; others want to split the country in two with a constitutional amendment to bar gay couples from any civil rights or benefits. We have lost sight of the central issue of our time. We owe it to the dead to remember again, to keep our focus - and press on. andrewsullivan.com