[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

So I guess this blows the Leftist theory out of the water that if we just leave them alone, they'll love us.

Clinton did everything he could to appease the Muslims in the Balkans. This is probably a pretty good sign of what we can expect if we cut-and-run from Iraq and "leave the Islamic Imperialists alone."

[weegee]

Bubba "left them alone" after the WTC bombing and we were rewarded with the embassy and USS Cole bombings.

Actually the Bush strategy HAS cut down on major terrorist attacks.