posted May 17, 2004
"We will fight this line all the way to Richmond even if it takes all summer." U.S. Grant
During the Civil War, regiments and battalions stitched their battle histories on their colors: Antietam, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg.
Today the Democrats stitch their battle history on their protest colors: Vietnam, My Lai, Iraq, Abu Graib. Quagmire is the Democrat battle cry while U.S. forces, Volunteers all, face the worst radical Islam has to offer.
Here's a spot of hope for all who are battered by the incessant nattering of our loyal and fair media. Soon we will see a United Nations Security Council Resolution recognizing the Sovereignty of a New Iraqi government, a group of diverse people charged by their own sense of duty bringing Democracy to Iraq. The U.N. and U.S. work hand in hand ensuring elections in January 2005. The U.N. Resolution delivers a Multinational Force to aid in the security and nation building for the Iraqi people. The list of possible contributors is long and from countries--Islamic, African, Western and Eastern.
Not enough hope, well, there's more. The Matrix in Palestine has reversed. Now, it is Yasir Arafat who is viewed as an obstacle for peace by the Quartet---U.N., U.S., European Union and Russia---along with wait for it----Prominent Members of the Arab League. Arab leaders take a dim view of chemical attacks and terror mongering in their countries. Enough state sponsored terrorism and even that old Bull Ariel Sharon looks good to the Arabs. Sharon and Mr. Bush advance the only workable plan with Israel unilaterally withdrawing from Gaza and parts of the West Bank.
State sponsored terror? What's that got to do with al-Qaeda? Iran shelters Osama bin Laden's son for starters. Iran also controls Hezbollah, the new Savak from the time of the Shah, seated in the cockpit of the Bekaa. Through Hezbollah Iran exerts it influence on other nations. The Kobar Towers bombing killing Americans in Saudi Arabia is one example. The recent yet little reported attack on the former UN Building in Damascus is another sending the twin symbolic (key word as most terror is symbolic)signal of hold fast fils Assad and no UN in Iraq. Through Hezbollah, Iran stirs the terror pot in Gaza and the West Bank by their terror agents Hamas.
Notice lately how the Israeli Defense Force repeatedly, accurately knocks the political head, hence public face off Hamas, with little or no world outrage. The leaders of many nations, even if their publics are not there yet, are sick and sickened by the spiral of violence from Palestine fanned by Iran in the name of radical Islam. Iranian Hegemony is the true enemy in the Middle East. Think of Iran as an insular live wire stripped of its Eastern and Western insulators, and then the true meaning of ridding the world of Saddam and the Taliban focuses. Iran singes with heat unfelt since the Soviets were their northern neighbor.
Iran armed with Hezbollah enforces it's will of a seeming never ending cycle of violence aimed at complete Radical Islam domination of the Middle East. As a country needs an absolutely impregnable umbrella with which to operate openly, the Mullahs work feverously for Nuclear Weapons, since Iran has no illusions of the fealty of their youth trained and armed in an Islamic Army. Fear of a reversal of the 1979 Revolution is real at the highest realms.
Fortunately the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meets next month in Vienna. Fortunately, France, Germany and Britain have wised to the ways of the Mullahs of Tehran having learned first hand their double dealing style of negation. An IAEA vote to sanction Iran for their nuclear ambitions is in the works. With this vote, the debate moves to the UN Security Council more fully in the eyes of the world for sanctions and a declaration of actions. This is good news for Americans calmly and rationally shaking their heads (a little bit of shared sacrifice for you liberals out there) in disbelief at the gas pump. Just think of what price we would at the pump and otherwise if Iran is allowed a Radical Islam Atomic Bomb. The other good news, oil prices should trend downward after June 30th. A four to eight dollar cushion is built in for instability reasons. The Saudis will soon turn the spigot on their end. We'll be back toward $30.00 to $33.00 a barrel by Labor Day.
Back to Iraq and our presence there. The U.S. is strategically placed between Syria (recent reports from North Korea display their complicity in chemical weapons) and Iran the two leading state sponsors of terror. Support from each flows finding its way to renegade Baathists, al-Sadr and al-Qeada's foreign fighters. The situation in Fallajah where a former Baathist General temporarily holds sway with U. S. approval forces Shiite Leaders to take a stand against al-Sadr lest they watch the country degenerate into civil war. The Kurds are the U.S. hole card exerting pressure on the other two factions. Al-Sadr is on short time.
Americans must steel ourselves to the security situation in Iraq. More desperate, organized violence is to come, but we are facing nearly the last die hard elements now. The world is coming to Iraq to help which changes the media outlook and world opinion. The situation in Iraq today can only be characterized as a quagmire by the uninformed.
For those searching for an honorable way to support our Tennessee Volunteers in Iraq, Tim Chavez, columnist at the Tennessean, has written extensively on how we can support our troops and their mission in Iraq.
I have a question for Mr. Stuart James. If you support or have a campaign position with the Kerry Campaign, should you not indicate your position in the body of your weekly piece? I believe full disclosure is another Democrat Rallying Cry. I'm voting for Mr. Bush.
David W. Moon
jclately69@hotmail.com
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