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posted by Pam at 12:43
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There is a lot of talk that we are not winning in Iraq so I'll run some logic here. We'll start with the big picture and work our way down and around to the personal level.
Iraq is obviously a key piece of terrain in the war, strategically and tactically. I am assuming that everyone can agree that this is a war and that such ideas are known to be basic to warfare. I am also assuming that everyone can agree that a state of war exists beyond the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as that Jihad was declared around the world and that this declaration was punctuated with war-like actions.
It is also known that this enemy is determined to drive coalition forces out of the region as the U.S. presence there is counter-productive to their goal. This goal being the final destruction of western civilization and the installment of Muslim fundamentalism world-wide.
It can also be understood that this enemy literally can not afford to wage conventional warfare. They can not afford to because the funds do not exist to do so. The funds do not exist because in their society, free and organized trade is not allowed.
Also understood is that the enemy has no problem using terroristic murder, against even it’s own, as a viable and legitimate means of propagating it’s ideals.
All of this is true and can not be argued by anybody. Even the enemy will corroborate these facts.
In light of these facts, how is it that anybody can think we are losing in Iraq?
This is not a war against Iraq. It is not a war for Iraq. It is a global conflict that has reached a battleground in Iraq which happens to be at the center of the region where Muslim radical fundamentalism aspires from. Our mere presence there is a victory in of itself. We have severely crippled the enemy’s ability to wage war around the world. We have removed their ability to organize terror globally, unchecked. We have shown the world and are showing the world that we are not going to take this enemy’s radical religious and murderous bullshit any longer.
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