I just threw up in my mouth
According to the giddy Barack Obama, we are "one vote away from ending the war in Iraq".Note the constant use of the phrase "ending the war", "withdrawing from Iraq", "pulling out of Iraq", etc... This is the sanitization of defeat. This is couching surrender and worldwide humiliation in more palatable terms. This is ignoring the plight of the Iraqis, who will be - unquestionably - dealing with ethnic cleansing on the Bosnia level when we leave. This is rendering the deaths of 3,300 U.S. servicemen meaningless. This is ignoring the victory we will have chosen to hand to Al Qaeda, and this is ignoring the strategic implications of their victory.
Think Mogadishu circa 1993 was humiliating? Wait until we pull out of Iraq, a war for which the leader of the free world put his presidency and his place in history on the line. Al Qaeda's victory in Somalia in the Clinton years spawned a decade of terrorism culminating in the 9/11 attacks. It showed weakness, and it led bin Laden to famously declare the U.S. a paper tiger. Weakness invites aggression. If we pull out of Iraq, what message will that send?
Anyhow, I'm sure bin Laden and company are enjoying a hearty laugh at our expense tonight, and Harry Reid is anxiously glancing at poll numbers and left-wing blogs to determine what foreign policy positions he will take tomorrow. Business as usual in a warped world
posted by JM @ 7:07 PM
<< Home