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I know the title may seem a little strange, but try to follow along. I was thinking earlier today about how I would feel if I were a terrorist on the front lines of Al-Queda. Well, that's easier said than done, so I flipped it around.
How would I feel if I were an average American and I heard the following: Top Al-Queda Leader Says "War is Hopeless, We Must Pull Out!".
As an American I would feel like we were making serious headway in our fight for freedom for the Iraqi people. I would feel embolden that all the hard work was finally paying off and that we might just be on the door step of victory. I would want my leaders to call in the reserves and fight even harder to finally break the back of our enemy and drive them over the edge of defeat.
I would see a swelling in the people around me and know that they too felt that victory was just around the corner.
I would love to know that the strategy of my leaders was working just like they promised, that my enemy was weakening and unable to offer the threat they did in the past. I would finally feel like we might win.
So I thought about this and it hit me; That must be how I would feel if I were terrorist every time a Democratic Senator or Representative or DNC leader stands up and says, "War is Hopeless, We Must Pull Out!".
Folks, I know you expect more from me but this is such a simple concept I would hate to clutter it with fodder.
Good night, be strong.
"Average American" seems to be suggesting people shut up and let the government do what it chooses to do. At its heart, that is an abrogation of the democratic process.
This war was a mistake for many reasons, not the least of which is it diverted attention from bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Consider this from Frank Rich's Nov. 20 New York Times column:
"One hideous consequence of the White House's Big Lie - fusing the war of choice in Iraq with the war of necessity that began on 9/11 - is that the public, having rejected one, automatically rejects the other. That's already happening. The percentage of Americans who now regard fighting terrorism as a top national priority is either in the single or low double digits in every poll. Thus the tragic bottom line of the Bush catastrophe: the administration has at once increased the ranks of jihadists by turning Iraq into a new training ground and recruitment magnet while at the same time exhausting America's will and resources to confront that expanded threat."
-- Liberal Moderate
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