Stepping Stones

I often hear the left-wing pundits say that Iraq was a "mistake". That Bush and Rumsfeld erred greviously by invading Saddam's little paradise in 2003. They say that it is a "quagmire" and as proof there are now 10,000 injured from this continuing war in the middle of the Orient with no let-up in sight. The Fourth Estate plants these seeds of doubt by constantly reminding us that "a soldier has died today" with a very serious face and then moves on to weather without any context or explaination as to why.

My fellow Americans, in WWII Marines attacked a small island in the Pacific called Tarawa and suffered a thousand dead in just THREE DAYS OF FIGHTING. We won the battle but for a price of a thousand marines. The entire Japanese force of 4300 men all but perished but save 17 souls. The year was 1943 and there was still two more years of hard fighting in the Pacific before the wars fateful conclusion at Nagasaki and Hiroshoma. Many important lessons were learned from that single assault on an unknown and faraway place in the Pacific. Amphibious Warfare was born at Tarawa and its doctrines would be applied to another faraway place called Normandy. The invasion of Europe was made possible by Marines in the Pacific and ironically, the war in Europe would be concluded before the Japanese would surrender in 1945.

Iraq is our Tarawa. Many important lessons are being learned that would never by gleaned by training in the field. This War on Terror will be extended to other countries. Remember the Axis of Evil is made up of 3 nations: Iraq, Iran and North Korea. One has fallen but two remain. The conquest of Iraq was very important for several reasons:

1) Intelligence Bonanza - The capture of important documents, personnel, and materials allowed us to see what was not able to be seen before this. Of course, the Ace of Spades himself, Saddam Hussein, was the Golden Fleece allowing us to know who did business with Iraq and where they were going and to whom they answered too.

2) Strategic Location - Iraq sits in the heart of the Middle East. It provides an excellent jumping off point to other parts of the Orient without having to use naval assets such as Aircraft Carriers which may not be able to reach certain parts of the world or may be vulnerable to attack. Also, as each day passes our armies become more experienced and thus battle hardened for ground combat as the Army and Marines will come to be relied upon as the cornerstone of future victory as the enemy capitols fall to our land forces.

3) Anvil - Iraq is the anvil as our Armed Forces are the hammer. As Arab governments, notably Syria and Iran, send their terrorist mercinaries into Iraq, the American Fighting Machine, like a hammer falling on pottery will smash the Jihadist to pieces. I assure you, we are sending these terrorist mercienaries to Allah on a daily basis even though you may not hear about it in the main stream media.

Time is against the Mohammaden. The United States is on the offensive and we will not stop until Iran and North Korea fall to advancing Army and Marine Divisions. On the way, we may pay a visit to Syria, which no doubt needs to repent of their Anti-American attitude. "When" and not "if" we come pounding on their door is the question that these nations need to be contemplating. If they do not genuflect before us, then they will die by the sword.