Al-Zarqawi’s vow should render the ethical and political debate about Iraq more straightforward. Those who insisted that the Iraqi “insurgency” was home-grown can hardly maintain that stance when it is being championed by a Jordanian national in the name of a group established by a Saudi-born fanatic. Those who contend that these extremists are best seen as nationalists aggrieved by the Western presence in Iraq cannot truly sustain that claim when they explicitly call for civil war. Those who cling to the notion that the zealots have somehow been alienated from the political process and have to be appeased cannot, surely, fail to observe their glorification of violence.
It goes on to say:
The Shia community has been extraordinarily resilient in the face of intense provocation.A point that Gorse Fox and the Silver Vixen were discussing only last night, and how Shia's seemed to embody the real essence of a Religion of Peace. So what should we do in the current situation:
The reality is that there is an easy answer — staying the course until democracy has been embedded in Iraq — but it involves difficult consequences.Gorse Fox is not condoning, nor condemning the Iraq War. It is an historical fact and what the GF thinks will not change anything. However, what is clear is that there is a "right thing to do" now. That is not to run away with our democratic tail between our legs, but to help support this infant democracy in its successful implementation and eradicate terrorism from the region.
[File under: Iraq, Islam, Bush, Blair]
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