I’ve known Manda for almost a year now and its cool seeing someone you know just starting out in their field and growing. And getting better and better as well.
If you listen to some in the media, you would get the feeling that things in Iraq have deteriorated to the point where everything is about to collapse. Marines being killed, all sorts of terrorists are filing into Iraq and creating havoc. However, the big question is, will the terrorists succeed?
Of course, we don’t have a definition of what they believe to be a true success. Killing all the Jews perhaps? Establishing a world-wide Islamic empire? Killing all the U.S Led coalition soldiers? Who knows, maybe it’s a little of everyone single one of those.
Are we about to face another Vietnam or Mogadishu scenario in Iraq? Many people actually would like to see that, and I might add, there are a lot of Americans who hold that view. However, the problem is assuming that it’s 1969 or 1993 all over again. Our home grown anti-Americans and the terrorists have it in their heads that people will see and hear about military deaths and will be so horrified that they will demand to pull the troops out of Iraq. Problem is, we are not and will not pack up and leave.
And yes, for those people who still have a burr up their butt over Bush, just remember, for all his talk, John Kerry would get us out of Iraq and install the United Nations. It would be a disaster.
The only thing we can and should do is stay the course in Iraq. What would happen in the terrorists eyes if we pulled out? Of course, they would see that we couldn’t take casualties and will assume it’s a green to keep attacking. This is precisely why we can’t stop now.
In addition, as I watch these events un-fold, I can’t help but try to figure exactly why these people in the Middle East act the way they do. Maybe I’m just damned foolish Westerner who doesn’t “get” the third world. Jackasses like Bill Maher harp on about having some exhibit at a rebuilt WTC asking, why do they hate us? Is it our job to make these people act civilized Bill? They’ve had a few thousand year head start on us...what the hell is the problem? Why do they hate us Bill, you ghoulish libtard? Because they are jealous. They hate us, they hate you and they even hate the liberals out there who would have us leave Iraq.
If we did leave Iraq, would that make all the problems go away? Would terrorists cease all their activities? Of course not. Anyone who knows me, knows that many others and I have a simple plan for dealing with terrorists. Kill them. Don’t appease them, don’t negotiate with them and don’t assume they have ANY good intentions. To borrow a phrase from some movie about wars in the stars, Wipe them out, all of them.
I rather agree with the idea that this has been planned (somewhat), that the idea of getting all the terrorists in the world to come to Iraq to meet their maker. It also destroys the idea that the War on Terror is being ignored, since most of the best and brightest of terrorism are probably being sent to Iraq as we speak. Best and brightest in the very loosest term mind you.
We are Mars and Venus all rolled into one package. We are the bringers of War and Peace. The terrorists? They can die for all I care.
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