Saturday, February 25, 2006
VDH on Iraq
VDH has a good recap of where we stand in Iraq. Read the whole thing, but here is the salient point:
The fate of a much wider war hinges on the answers to these questions, since it would be hard to imagine that bin Laden could continue be much of a force with a secure and democratic Iraq, anchoring ongoing liberalization in the Gulf, Lebanon, and Egypt, and threatening by example Iran and Syria. By the same token, it would be hard to see how we could stop jihadism from spreading when an army that is doing everything possible still could not stop Islamic fascism from taking over the ancestral home of the ancient caliphate.That is it. End of story. Period.
If we, the American people, have the heart and the fortitude to see this through the last mile, we will have won, through the blood, sweat and tears of our bravest Americans and their families, a Middle Eastern Democracy that stands and fights with America in our war against Islamic extremism and terrorism, to prevent future 9/11's and worse.
That is why we fight and what our enemies our getting more and more desperate to stop.
And the media, who can't see past their Bush hatred, and the Left, who can't see past their domestic political ambitions, and even some on the Right, who can't see past their personal short-term political issues -- they just don't get it.
