Bush to Democrats: You’re Wrong on Iraq

President Bush today at a press conference:

“There are a lot of people in the Democratic Party who believe that the best course of action is to leave Iraq before the job is done. Period. And they’re wrong.”

I must vehemently agree.

Right now, US troops are the only ones able to even somewhat keep law and order in Iraq. The sheer bedlam that would ensue were we to leave right now, or before we had corrected the mess of our doing, would truly be a breeding ground for more unsavory al-Qaeda types.

I would also claim that we have an ethical duty to repair any damage done to nations with whom we were at war. If nothing else, our attempting to do so, is a guranteed way to become allies and partners in the world. It would truly behoove the US to make sure that we can prevent “the terrorist from following us home”, nation building is certainly the wat to achieve such a goal in Iraq. And how can we argue that leaving a country in shambles is the way to go when precedent tells us elsewise ?

However, the most important thing Sens. Reid, Pelosi et al’s statements convey is a lack of understanding of terrorism.

While yes, some of our actions no doubt fuel the hatred of America, we are not fighting sane people.

The religion of Islam has been hijacked as PM John Howard said so eloquently. The religion has been hijacked and we are now dealing with citizens who have been conditioned since birth to wipe America from the map. Those who have corrupted a religion want nothing other than our blood.

As a realist, I can not believe that a hasty retreat from a far less powerful nation would be a good thing. But putting realism aside, how would the symbolic victory of an American withdrawl from an Arab nation

A) Placate any terrorists, and
B) make America safer.

The answers; it won’t, and because of “A” it won’t.