« NYTimes Fires Opening Salvo | Main | Republicans are WRONG on School Searches »
September 23, 2006
Washington Post Does Much Better Work
Okay, the Washington Post did a MUCH better job in describing this assessment that is going to be released. It actually discussed Iraq!
However, read closely, you will find that it is actually an indictment of the Democrats "redeploy" plan as nothing but surrender. Here are the key graphs:
According to officials familiar with the document, it describes the situation in Iraq as promoting the spread of radical Islam by providing a focal point, with constant reinforcement of an anti-American message for disaffected Muslims. The Web sites provide a narrative of a war with frequent victories for the insurgents, and describe an occupation that they say regularly targets Islam and its adherents. They also distribute increasingly frequent and sophisticated messages from al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, urging Muslims wherever they are to take up arms against the "Crusaders" on behalf of Iraq.
Both Bush and bin Laden now regularly describe the Iraq war as the "central front" of the global war, and both are depending on victory there to set the direction of future struggles far afield. Although intelligence officials believe bin Laden's ability to direct major terrorist operations has been greatly diminished, his status as the ideological leader of a global movement that appeals to disaffected Muslims has vastly increased.
Now, understanding that bin Laden is counting on victory in Iraq to set the direction of future struggles far afield...what, then, would our position in Iraq be if we "redeployed to Okinowa?"
Posted by Aaron at September 23, 2006 11:54 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.lifelikepundits.com/cgi-bin/mt3/mt-tb.cgi/2844
Comments
I love the counterspin bullshyte your wingnuts are trotting out. This is why you jackasses can and will go down HUGE in November.
Whether or not the American people understand it, Iraq was a needless diversion away from the real war on terrorism, and specifically Islamic radical fundamentalism. That you jokers actually are incompetent to boot just adds insult to injury in the form of nearly 3,000 KIA and tens of thousands wounded.
Posted by: v at September 24, 2006 09:59 PM