My initial reaction to this port was WTF? After looking a bit into it, this is a pretty complicated decision.
Much like when they didn't do all Arab all the time profiling at airports and W called in Muslims to the White House, I thought he made the wrong decision. I am willing to say I was wrong then, knowing that the decision to divide radical Islamofascists from the run of the mill Muslim who didn't like terrorism was not just a good one, it was a brilliant one.
We really don't want to make this war against all Muslims, that would be a disaster. You think we have problems now with the lefties in our country, just wait till we are at war with 1 billion people instead of a fraction of 1% of a billion.
I am waiting to hear the whole story, am willing to see if it's true that the security won't change and will still be run by us, am willing to see if the moderates can be peeled from the radicals. I was skeptical before, and I was wrong, I'm still skeptical, but have come to trust W on the WOT. He is not being dumb, not being ruled by money as the bashers so often charge, but wants this to be a succesful war that is won sooner than later.
I thought Rush's quote of Sun Tzu was appropriate. W has been dividing the radicals from the moderates very well so far, I have to believe that's what he's doing now.
I understood why the president did what he did then
This is different
Danke
good post
Someone on another thread theorized that it might be a payback for allowing our use of the UAE in 2003 when we invaded Iraq.