Posted by
Chris on Sunday, November 09, 2008 3:40:05 PM
Just read two very interesting articles.
BAGHDAD – Two Iraqi insurgent groups called on President-elect Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq and abandon the war on terror, an Internet monitoring service reported Friday. Found here.
and
Barack Obama's election raises questions about whether America's enemies in the Middle East will see an opportunity to attack and test his mettle -- or to negotiate with a leader who has said he's willing to talk with them. Found here.
So, we have two Iraqi insurgent groups calling on Obama to "abandon" the war on terror. Then we have the terrorist group of Hamas and the Iranian President congratulating him. What will be interesting, for lack of a better word, is what and how Obama responds. Will he immediately remove our troops from Iraq thus giving credibility to the Insurgent groups "abandoning" the war on terror as they put it. Many Americans see the Iraq war as a pointless war, I beg to differ.
I would ask anyone that does not believe in the War in Iraq, should we just abandon this infant Democracy. Radical Islamic Jihadists have proclaimed that America is evil and they are bent on destroying us. We need all the allies we can get to fight the ongoing war on terror and what greater ally than a nation in the heart of where these Jihadists train and live. People complain about the money we spend rebuilding the Iraq nation. If we were to abandon Iraq without rebuilding it would turn into another Afghanistan. We helped the Afghans defeat Russia then we left them to their own devices. The Taliban grew and we have had to seek them and other Terrorist organizations out in Afghanistan. We do not need to repeat this with Iraq. We have freed the Iraqi's from an oppressive and cruel dictatorship and given them the god given right of Freedom. It would be a shame to abandon them now.
Hamas and the Iranian President Ahmadinejad have congratulated Obama. How will this play out. When Iran achieves nuclear capabilities and decides to make good on their promise to "Remove Israel from the map" how will Obama respond. Based on the report that they have congratulated Obama I am led to believe that they feel Obama will not respond at all to help our oldest and staunchest ally in the middle east. What credibility will that give America then when we will not stand by our allies?