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October 26, 2005

Countering the Doom & Gloom

Brookings is behind in updating their Iraq Index so I can't easily run the numbers yet but I just thought I'd do a quick post to counter the “2,000 Doom and Gloom” you'll see in the media today.

The insurgents are going to lose. They were always going to lose because what they want is insane.

Don't believe the nonsense you read in the media. If you read the things Al Queda writes about themselves, they want to bring back the caliphate. Guess who gets to be Caliph?

America on the other hand, wants every man to the be the Caliph of his own home. Not one Caliphate, millions of Caliphates.

Which would you choose? Being told what to do by someone else or setting your own destiny? Why do you think the Iraqis are any different?

Sure, they don't like being occupied. Sure they expect their own government to accomplish more then they expect the US Military to accomplish.

This is not news. It shouldn't even be surprising; the destiny of Iraq has always needed to be in the hands of the people of Iraq, not the hands of the US. We've never had a magic wand. Saying that you can't get democracy from the barrel of a gun is like saying democracies don't need policemen. It's never been our job to “fix” Iraq. We only need get them on their feet. And we've been doing that.

To my mind, the insurgents lost the moment Al-Jazeera and the other Arab nations started taking polls in Iraq to determine what the Iraqis wanted, that was the moment we won the war on terror.

Because that means that the Arabs have accepted (whether they realize it or not) that governments rule with the consent of the governed.

And that's the whole ball of wax.

Posted by the at October 26, 2005 11:59 AM

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Comments

the insurgents are going to lose because you say so. intersting.

im really starting to think you beleive the nonsense you spout. im sorry.

2000 dead soldeirs for Bush lies and people like you… blind obedience to state authority in your happy mushy totalitarian center…too much computer on the brain..no feeling, no virtue…just statist dogmas and lust for fake fiat dollars.

people are really starting to dislike conservatives…greedy pricks out of touch who like to lie.

great war. good job. sign up bastard. seriously, get your techie ass in the marines so these stop loss kids can come home from your illusion world. always willing to spill someone elses blood arent ya…but look at my graph! the good guys are winning. what a joke.

your worldview sucks, people like you are helping to destory america…good job…cant wait til one day you admit you are ignorant and dont deal with the real world, just your fake finance info tech world…jesus i swear the nerds have no capacity for virtue…

but again, sign up and goto iraq so you can help complete this moronic holy mission you jackasses support.

and again…we are REALLY starting to dislike you conservative turds…i wouldnt go public in these days telling people you are greeddy incompetent and out of your mind. you are getting people killed and we all see through you now.

ernie

Posted by: ernie at October 26, 2005 2:36 PM

Ernie! You’re back! How’s it going dude!

Hey, when are you going to get your own blog so I can go over to your site and troll?

Posted by: Opinionated Bastard [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 27, 2005 12:19 AM