Posted on 07/26/2006 6:10:40 PM PDT by pissant
PING
He's a badass
If he is half the man that Allawi was, they are in good hands. Time will tell.
Good reminder. We let them down horribly after the first Gulf War, to the death of the many, the detriment of most, and the delay by more than a decade of real progress. We must get it right this time.
Sage advice from Colin Powell and co. to GHWB. NOT.
Thank you for posting P.M. Maliki's speech.
It was a darn good one too. The idiots who protested by not attending are just that -- idiots.
This speech gives a perfect illustration of why the President keeps repeating the 'Religion of Peace' mantra: not because Mohammedanism *is* a religion of peace, but because if we win the war (in grand strategic terms) it will involve crushing the Salafists (the religious tendancy of which Al Qaeda and Hizb ut Tihur are the militant and subversive wings) and the Twelver 'Hasteners' (the religious tendancy undergirding the Iranian lunatics), What will be left of Islam will be folks like PM Maliki, the Aga Khan, King Abudullah of Jordan, and the nice Pakistani cabby down the street, who all think more of the sura that says killing one innocent is like killing all mankind than they do of the Verse of the Sword, and just want to live and let live.
The 'Religion of Peace' slogan is a propaganda tool, the enemy's if it's used to cover evil intent, but ours if it's used as a call to the Muslims who don't really want to fight jihad to do exactly what they want, and *not* fight jihad.
Mr. Speaker, we are building the new Iraq on the foundation of democracy, and are erecting it through our belief in the rights of every individual, just as Saddam has destroyed it through his abuse of all those rights, so that future Iraqi generations can live in peace, prosperity and hope. Iraqis have tasted freedom, and we will defend it absolutely. (Applause.)
Yep, the libs in this country want to abuse our freedom, and at the same time deny others from having it!
Good analysis.
I give Bush very high marks for how he has handled the WOT and Islam. He is friends with most of the muslim world leaders, or at least he has their respect. That includes places now like Libya, Yemen, Morrocco, Jordan (who sided with Saddam in the gulf war), the Saudis, Musharrif, Kuwait, and the UAE. We are isolating Iran and Syria.
And he doesn't send weak milquetoasts like Albright and Warren Christopher to chat with them. He sends a very firm Rummy, Condi and Cheney.
Worth reading, instead of getting the MSM's 2 soundbites and listening to the utter bullshit analysis spewed out by the "reporters" and pundits.
Thanks for the post and the ping.
Iraq and America both need each other to defeat the terror engulfing the free world.
Maliki and Bush are not going to let the grass grow under their feet these next few years.
Thank you for posting this!
I loved the speech. I didn't see in it any of the negatives our MSM did (too rosy a picture; ingratitude). Iraq doesn't intend to be a puppet of the US, but that's not really what we want, anyway.
Maliki sees an opportunity for Iraq, and that's what we want them to see. And he knows that Islamofascist terrorists are a threat to the whole world - and Iraq is going to have to suffer losses in order to end that threat. They are willing to do that.
He wasn't whining - he was saying that Iraq is a willing partner in the WOT. What more can we ask of them?
The U.S. pulling out
or
The Iraqi Shiites joining up with their Iranian brethren ?
I join in on the applause for him.
God Bless our troops and the Iraqi people.
The enemy within.
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