Iraq the martyr maker
A NY times op-ed claims the US dreated a terrorist haven in Iraq, where there was not one before. It is not surprising tht the NY Times editorial page would continue to be ignorant of Iraq's terror connections before the war.
Also before the war to liberate Iraq, critics complained that the US victory in Afghanistan had made it more difficult to track islamist terorist because they had been scattered. It turns out now tht they are congregating in Iraq where the US has a significant number of troops to deal with them.
Maureen Dowd on the same editorial page claims that Iraq has become a magnet for evil. One can only hope she is right on that point although she would never recognize the value of the point.
It is a good thing that the people who want to destroy the US are coming to Iraq to bump up against the US military. It makes it easier to find them and destroy them. Before they started coming into the Iraq honey trap, they were scattered around the middle east and elsewhere in small cells that were difficult to spot and destroy. By coming to Iraq they are in a more confined space and are dealing with a much more hostile population than they were in other islamic countries. Other than a few surviving baathis, the Iraqis have no desire to go back to being submissive boot lickers to a bunch of islamofacist.
Dowd and the rest of the NY Times editorial staff seemed to have forgotten that it is a goal of the war on terror to hunt down and kill or capture these terrorist. That they are coming to us like moths to the flame is to be desired. Which is not to say it want be occasionally messy as it was with the bombing of the UN compound. Even that had the exact opposite political effect on the people who count than the terrorist desired. Other than the NY Times editorial page and the usual Dem wimps, it was seen as a reason to continue fighting these bad people. For the weak of mind and spirit, it is just another reason to be critical of those who are actually doing something about terrorism.
A NY times op-ed claims the US dreated a terrorist haven in Iraq, where there was not one before. It is not surprising tht the NY Times editorial page would continue to be ignorant of Iraq's terror connections before the war.
Also before the war to liberate Iraq, critics complained that the US victory in Afghanistan had made it more difficult to track islamist terorist because they had been scattered. It turns out now tht they are congregating in Iraq where the US has a significant number of troops to deal with them.
Maureen Dowd on the same editorial page claims that Iraq has become a magnet for evil. One can only hope she is right on that point although she would never recognize the value of the point.
It is a good thing that the people who want to destroy the US are coming to Iraq to bump up against the US military. It makes it easier to find them and destroy them. Before they started coming into the Iraq honey trap, they were scattered around the middle east and elsewhere in small cells that were difficult to spot and destroy. By coming to Iraq they are in a more confined space and are dealing with a much more hostile population than they were in other islamic countries. Other than a few surviving baathis, the Iraqis have no desire to go back to being submissive boot lickers to a bunch of islamofacist.
Dowd and the rest of the NY Times editorial staff seemed to have forgotten that it is a goal of the war on terror to hunt down and kill or capture these terrorist. That they are coming to us like moths to the flame is to be desired. Which is not to say it want be occasionally messy as it was with the bombing of the UN compound. Even that had the exact opposite political effect on the people who count than the terrorist desired. Other than the NY Times editorial page and the usual Dem wimps, it was seen as a reason to continue fighting these bad people. For the weak of mind and spirit, it is just another reason to be critical of those who are actually doing something about terrorism.
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