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Yes, They Can Make It Political<\/b><\/p>\n

Gee whiz, if we never went to war in the first place, a young engineer would’ve never been subjected to such a cruel fate…<\/p>\n

Golly, if we hadn’t started on this adventure into the Middle East to avenge the president’s daddy, we wouldn’t be embarrassed by those prison photos…<\/p>\n

Our credibility on the Arab Street is in tatters, maybe the U.N. can help…<\/i><\/p>\n

Did I just about get all of your objections down? Sure, I missed the oil thing, but you know how well that’s going don’t you? David Brooks suggests a “if we lose we win” strategy by staging Iraqi elections early and allowing candidates a platform of, essentially, “I’ll get the infidels out sooner than my opponent” or “I’m tough on Americans, vote for me” as a speedy way towards democratization and building Iraqi national unity.<\/p>\n

I say that’s exactly wrong.<\/p>\n

To be very brief, the rotten core of Islamic fascism will never be satisfied if we throw the world’s supply of carrots at them. They certainly can’t be held up as exemplars of rational thought by any stretch of the imagination. It’s Jihad Time my friends, so in my very humble opinion, I propose that we give them what they want, to see what’s behind the curtain. If it’s seventy virgins, so be it. At least they’ll be out of our hair in the here and now. If it’s lovely raisin loaves, happy eating—you bastards.<\/p>\n

No, I don’t propose turning the entire region into a pile of molten glass. I will suggest that, contrary to the current fashion, we stop with the self-flagellation that clearly turns these monsters on and get down to the business of prosecuting this second major battle in the war on terror. (you forgot that we’ve been at war since 2001, didn’t you? remember who started it? You should.)<\/p>\n

It was about a year ago when I speculated on the brutality to come in our “stateless” war on shadowy underground terror. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of it.<\/p>\n

Or even the middle.<\/p>\n

But we will surely win. We have to.<\/p>\n

– bob<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, They Can Make It Political Gee whiz, if we never went to war in the first place, a young engineer would’ve never been subjected to such a cruel fate… Golly, if we hadn’t started on this adventure into the Middle East to avenge the president’s daddy, we wouldn’t be embarrassed by those prison photos… … <\/p>\n

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