Posted on 04/30/2006 5:26:23 PM PDT by Xing Daorong
Ah yes I forgot, I based this essay on a number of events and off several books I have read, I quoted nothing but I'll list my sources below.
"Inside the Resistance" by Zaki Chehab
"My Jihad" by Aukai Collins
"Arabs at War: A Military History" by Kenneth Pollack
"Strategery" by Bill Sammon
www.defenselink.mil
www.foxnews.com
www.bbc.co.uk
www.newyorktimes.com
www.military.com
www.historychannel.com
Have you ever heard of how important a "first impression" is?
It smacks of moderate fundamentalism. Split the difference between opposing sides.
I think the war in Iraq has been an overwhelming success. Many common naysayers predicted that more than 10,000 US troops would be killed in first six months (Carl Levin).
Bush was quite right to stand on the aircraft carrier and declare Mission Accomplished. By that time, all of the military components of Iraq's resistance had been crushed and defeted. The "insurgency" never won a battle or held any location of Iraq decisively. The media deceived the public into believing that even a single soldier death constituted an apparent defeat of the US.
Senator Biden said the US could not train an Iraqi security force to take care of elections in that country. Immediately, three elections were held involving more than 8 million people each time with fatalities declining dramatically (more than 30 percent) each time. The security forces of Iraq played decisive and increasing roles in those 2005 elections. Biden was flat out totally wrong! He was among the most qualified critics of the war in the Senate.
Al Qaeda has functionally withdrawn from Iraq. Zarqawi has been removed from local terror operations. Tips against Al Qaeda and other terrorists in the country pour in at a rate of thousands each day.
Political transitions deemed impossible have been made and are too numerous to list here.
No compromise. Stop trying to split the difference with lunatics.
Bush led and won the war in Iraq decisively. We have an occupation force now positioned in one of the most geostratetic points possible for the ongoing War on Terror. Both in Afghanistan and Iraq, we have proven that we are winning and will continue to crush the terrorists.
Well said. :)
We are fighting for freedom in Iraq. I know we are winning.
I don't know really, what difference would it have made if I was Chinese? :P
I wouldn't be so adamantly pro-Republican and pro-America if I was posting on a Chinese owned web server.
You need to footnote your references....especially the porn shops and belly-dancing allegations. And I wouldn't state that America is a non-Muslim nation, being as we have a significant Muslim population. Otherwise, nice job.
With evidence that the insurgency is cracking, it's now a question of who can endure the longest. Given our Demoncrat Blubberals, it's a tough call.
lol true
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