Global War On Terror: Iraq

It seems the nightly barrage of negative mistruths about Iraq have gone the way of the uproar over port control the media blasted us with for a season a year or so ago.

In fact, our effort in Iraq, which is a component in the Global War on Terror, is going fairly well.

Everyone, including the house of Clinton, was certain that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. I could post quotes from such folks until the cows come home. It is easy today to hammer 43 with arm chair quarterbacking since no such weapons were found, even though I would contend they were in fact there.

Under Saddam, Iraq consistently violated treaties signed under the UN (a complete waste of time). While patrolling the no-flight zone, US planes were shot at by Iraq over 800 times.

When given ample opportunity to comply with the UN resolutions, the Iraqi regime laughed, taunted and tortured. So they got what was coming to them, thankfully.

After a stunning initial engagement, things bogged down a bit. Idiots like Cindy Sheehan dominated media attention. Meanwhile, our armed forces continued to excel. Thanks to General David Petreaus and his superb leadership, mountainous strides have taken place leading us to where we are now, which is truly a mission accomplished.

This is a strategic battle in the war on terror. Al Qeada, although not directly complicit in the attacks of 9-11, is and has been in Iraq and is getting it handed to them left and right. This battle is better fought in Iraq than Texas Stadium. I have played Risk and a quick check of the geography illustrates the importance of our current position, particularly given that Iran is the head of the snake.

Don't let the media fool you. We are at war with evil islamic terrorists and the effort in Iraq is a critically important component of this struggle. With apologies to Obama, we should park it right where we are until we are clearly the victors in the global war on terror. Thankfully, our armed forces are the best in the world.

God Bless Our Troops!