Mar 11 2008
al-Qaeda Attempting A Bloody Comeback In Iraq
I know one sick liberal who is very excited today. Some weirdo Ken Hoop emails me daily on any setback the US has in Iraq. Today he must be relishing the news 8 brave young soldiers have been killed in Iraq. Where Hoop finds glee I simply offer my sincere thanks and gratitude to these soldiers and their families for the sacrifices they have bestowed upon this great country.
The Ken Hoop’s of the world are a bizarre genetic malfunction in my mind, just like any ghoulish human who savors human suffering and death to make their miserable existences seem important. Hoop has been trying to gloat for months, as the violence has dropped and Iraq turned the corner from ‘lost cause’ to ‘probable victory’. He wakes every day to try and find some hint that the carnage will grow back to the horrific days of 2007, and tries to share his aspirations with me. It is the sick side of the left.
But the fact is there is more progress and hope than al-Qaeda can destroy with a bomb here and a bomb there. Just like America withstood 9-11 with grace and honor, so will Iraq weather al-Qaeda’s bloody wrath. Here is one story from CBS News (no less) which tells the broader story about Iraq:
The mud buildings were an al Qaeda in Iraq torture chamber and operational headquarters.
Abu Mohammed says he was chained up here for two weeks and saw 13-year-old children killed. When al Qaeda fled, they left little behind.
As inconsequential as the little farming complex may look, in the grand scheme of convincing the local population that security really has returned, it is a potent symbol.
To make that point local sheikhs and tribal leaders were given, if not exactly box seats, certainly prime spots for a show arranged just for them.
Three thousand pounds of bombs costing more than $100,000 dropped from a B-1 bomber obliterated the building. But the military hopes the payoff will be long term.
The dignitaries seemed impressed.
al-Qaeda is trying to massacre the Iraqis into submission. And it is the US that stands next to them trying to destroy al-Qaeda before it kills again. It is a very potent arrangement that will not soon fade from the psyche of the Middle East. But the sickos on the left still have hope, as it appears al-Qaeda is ready to shed a lot more Muslim blood in Iraq:
Al-Qaeda may be shifting tactics back to the big, headline grabbing attacks in Iraq that helped plunge the country into chaos, a senior US commander said Monday.
“We have some indicators that they may be planning on executing kind of a large media type event,” said Major General John Kelly, commander of the I Marine Expeditionary Force in western Iraq.
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Suicide attacks and huge car bombings with large numbers of civilian casualties have long been a signature of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, which has used the tactic to destabilize the country and inflame sectarian divisions.
The bombing of a golden domed Shiite shrine in Samarra in February 2006 tipped the country into open sectarian conflict.
Kelly said it was unclear from the intelligence where Al-Qaeda might try to stage the attacks.
Funny thing, if al-Qaeda felt the press over the attacks was not working in their favor they would probably avoid the bad press. So how is it the media can report on carnage and crimes against humanity and make it a plus for those who executed the carnage and a minus for the country (or countries) trying to stop the carnage from growing? That is a question best left for the ‘professional journalists’ to ponder as they assess the product of their life’s work. al-Qaeda has drawn their conclusions, and it is the more blood, the more press, the better for them.
How warped do you have to be to miss this phenomena?
first…i asked dave m. a qualifying question – which he didn’t choose to answer. nuff said.
second all i see are the same claims of democratic retreat and surrender. real solutions depend on realistic appraisals…not lies and misrepresentations, hyperbole and melodrama, semantics and ratioanlizations.
what form does a solution to the problem that the current administration created take? as many others have offered, it must consist of putting an end to an open-ended (100 years/permanent bases) military commitment and pursuing an actual diplomatic commitment. this doesn’t mean walking away cold, and it doesn’t mean ignoring the big stick we have in our military…and no serious mainstream democrat or independent has supported that in spite of all of your inane rantings. like any engagment it will also have to evolve over time and as conditions warrant and be guided with vision and wisdom and rational judgment. be clear evolving does not mean simply escalating troop levels. but the bottom line is that it has to begin…any honest assessment shows that the current situation is unsustainable. we cannot continue the current 20% troop escalation. how long should and how much should we pay the awakening councils? how long can we count on al sadrs cease-fire? is the ethnic cleansing that has taken place productive to our strategic goals? additionally current policy is unsustainable because it is giving al queda EXACTLY what they want…catastrophic economic damage to the united states. we have borrowed $2 trillion from china….how much more do you want to borrow? is $3trillion enough? $4trillion? al queda thinks oil should be $200 a barrel. have you looked today…it’s on the way. why do you all insist on aiding and abbetting the enemy in this way? current policy helps not only al queda but iran as well. yet you can only support current policy. it’s an interesting stand you have taken, claiming to want to fight the enemy, but helping them all you can.
staying the course has not and is not working…and if you were honest in your assessments you would agree. but it’s easier to cheerlead for your favorite team. sis boom bah.
norm:
If you would learn how to make paragraphs your stuff might be readable.
as far as borrowing money is concerned, have the Democrats come up with a plan for Afghanistan and social security and free health care and cheap gas and all the outrageous promises they are making? Is a trade war with our neighbors going to be free? In truth the costs of Iraq are a drop in the bucket when compared with some of the social programs these guys are coming up with.
I think that people get too caught up in details. I really do. Operational ties and all that. So Saddam gives AlQaida a few hundred thousand dollars. For all we know Osama used that money to redecorate his cave, so we can not really call it operational.
Meanwhile these people are both evil mass murderers.
As far as I am concerned, when Saddam broke the cease fire, refused to comply with the UN and tried to kill a president, he should have been taken out. That was enough.
One thing I always found interesting is that the anti war people never really look at AlQaida in Afghanistan. The Taliban was not behind 9/11. The country of Afghanistan was almost completely destroyed by the time the Towers fell.
The West only had interest in getting rid of the Soviets, they did not stick around, they did not pay attention. They did not pay attention in Somolia either. And yet it never occurred to the anti war people to wonder what would have happened in Iraq, if there had been a coup or another revolt that would have brought down the hated regime of Saddam Hussein.
They do not think about what Zarqawi would have been up to. they do not think about the fact that even the naysayers from the Pentagon to the halls of Congress admit that Saddam was a supporter of international terrorism and a brutal dictator.
Who would have taken over Iraq? The price of oil is high today, but what would it be if the original plan, the plan to topple Saddam from within had succeeded and the likes of Zarqawi and Abu Nidal and Yasin and all these other unsavory characters had been free to operate from within Iraq?
No, people forget that if not for the invasion we would never have known what wmd capabilities Saddam had, because he would not have cooperated. We would never been able to help create a representative government, because we would not have been in any kind of control.
Iraq would have been Afghanistan with oil.
Good God! How many tin foil hats is Norm wearing?
Your sum up is dead on, AJ. The question is the same as always; how do we and folks such as yourself change the dynamic of old media calling the tune, and us dancing to it. Until we can change that dynamic, we will remain mostly an echo chamber with no real , major effect on events.
tin hats…that’s funny. did you get that from the official rnc “how to defend the indefesible” website?
Personally, I’m for more than a 100 year commitment to mid-eastern Democracy but hey…some people prefer baby steps.
Your sum up is dead on , AJ. The big question is the same it’s always been; how do we change the dynamic of the MSM calling the tune and the rest of us dancing to it? How do people like you and us do it? Because until we can break through and change this dynamic, we will not be able to advance much further. We will remain mostly a group of echo chambers without much ability to affect real change.
Norm,
indefesible? BWAHHAHAHHHHH!
I think you may need some “English as a second language” classes, no?
Norm,
Just wondering…who would you rather take your chances with…The United States Military that you say has committed “carnage and crimes against humanity” or Al-Queda?
sorry, Al-Qaeda.
whippet1…you have trouble reading. what i said is that george bush and the media and his cult of supporters are complicit in the “carnage and crimes against humanity” commited by al queda in iraq. now i understand why you are so concerned about tin foil hats.
Norm,
You said…
“as much as george bush and his cult of followers (this blog included) are complicit in the “…carnage and crimes against humanity…†taking place in iraq.”
You didn’t say “commited by al queda in iraq.” The implication was that both sides are committing that carnage.
Yeah, that makes sense…those at war with al-Qaeda are complicit for their crimes.
“Brilliant minds at work here”
note to forum: Let me know when you think I’m overusing that one. Thanks.
Arguing with Norm is like pig wrestling. We all look muddy.
As for “complicity in the carnage,” we need look no further than those resisting and opposing our selfless efforts to remove a mass murderer, protect the Iraqis from terrorists and enable self government in Iraq.
And as for the ostriches that thought everything was great before we went in, well, they are accomplices too.
Saddam Hussein was called the Butcher of Baghdad for a reason. They are still finding the mass graves. I guess I could say that his cult followers like norm, were complicit in that.
The United States has fed more people and provided more people with medical care in Iraq than any liberal ever would have. The truth is norm, Saddam and his psycho offspring could wipe half the population of that country off the map and you would not lift a finger. So spare me the lectures in morality.
Macker,
Muddy…I like that!
“Norm” ahhhhhhhh…..good stuff…
It’s gotta be a “THECENTERISABUNGHOLE” or a “BOOTLICKER” sock-puppet!
“Norm”….ah good ole “NORM”!
Just another in a long line of Anti-American, Pro-Jihadi, Leftist Nutbag Traitors; gotta love ’em, pity ’em, be disgusted by ’em, and ultimately, feel contempt for ’em!
Ass-clown is a more appropriate term, I think…
Now that’s sorted, what about the big breaking story
that AJ has not yet commented upon, the resignation
of Admiral Fallon from the job of Commander of
Middle East forces? I say it’s all good.
He’d been undermining the President for at least a year,
he even gave an interview to Al-Jazeera! He was the
guarantor of no war with Iran and the mullahs would have
known that.
Senator Kerry is upset and has called for a Congressional
enquiry into the resignation – and anything that Kerry is
against has to be good.