I have had it! It’s bad when even the Punditry on the Right does not meet the stupid blathering of the Left with the facts of the Battle of Iraq. It has become commonplace for the LibDems to spew the “there were no WMD’s”, Bush lied about why we went to war, blah, blah, blah… Let me, a lowly American citizen who pays attention, refresh everyone’s memory!We are in a Global War on Terrorism. We actively joined this war post-9/11. The terrorists declared war on us at least ten years ago (first World Trade Center bombing, U.S.S Cole, Embassy bombings, etc.) Thankfully we had a President who was alert enough to recognize the situation we were in! He declared our joining in the war and set out to destroy the whacked out terrorists.
We attacked Afghanistan, home of the Taliban and hiding place of Al Qaeda. Today, Afghanistan is a budding democracy and the Al Qaeda hiding places are all but gone.
The President announced that there is an Axis of Evil that must be dealt with in the next phases of the Global War. Due to (perhaps) faulty intelligence, Iraq became the first of this axis to draw our attention. It appeared Saddam had WMD’s. This violated the terms of the end of the first Gulf War that had been determined by the U.N. It was a proven fact that Saddam had WMD’s as late as 1998. The U.N. passed two new resolutions that demanded Saddam divulge the whereabouts of these weapons. All Saddam had to do was show the world proof of the destruction of the WMD’s (or even their sell or trade!) and he would have satisfied the spirit of the resolutions. Instead, he denied, denied, denied, and when the U.N. determined deadline passed, the U.S. and our allies launched the attack on Iraq.
The Battle of Iraq is complete, as denoted by the “Mission Accomplished” banner on the ship the President spoke on when welcoming back a large number of our troops. The reconstruction phase in Iraq is underway. It is a long, difficult process. Many lives have been lost and will continue to be lost in this process. Those extremists that still hold out for their power over the people and will do anything to stop the establishment of a Democratic Iraq.
Iraq is a sovereign country. When the LibDems say that George Bush has a mess in Iraq they are mistaken. The government of Iraq has a difficult process of Reconstruction ahead of them. We, the force of Liberty and Democracy in the world, have agreed to stay and help, because that is who we are and what we do!
The President has told us time and time again that the Global War on Terrorism will be a long process. There are rumblings that plans are made to deal with Syria and Iran. North Korea, the third member of the Axis of Evil, will be dealt with as well. The President committed to pursuing and stopping the terrorist and making the world a safer place. I thank God that he has a longer-term memory than the media and the LibDems.
To all the celebrities, personalities, LibDems, and ignorant people of this country, WAKE UP! Stop politicizing the war that is being fought to keep freedom-loving people in this world safe! The majority of the people in this country, post-9/11, cheered this war on. It is the same war, have the courage to see it through!!!