Iraq Revisited

Since the elections held in Iraq at the end of January, there has been a preciptous decline in the US casualty rate. In fact, it nearly has dropped off the radar of the MSM (Main Stream Media). Since the MSM only covers the wounded and dead in Iraq, they literally have had nothing to say since January. In the MSM, even Afghanistan is a no-mans land of nothingness as if 9/11 never occured and our easy conquest of the Taliban was but some fairy tale or urban legend soon to be forgotten.

I often hear commentators say there were mistakes made at the beginning of the Iraqi invasion, however, I have yet to see or hear what "mistakes" were made. When overthrowing a nation, it is never so clear or clean cut as pudits wish it to be. President Bush's political enemies will never be satisfied, however, I believe history will show that the invasion was executed brilliantly with the least amount of casualties inflicted on both sides because of the very offensive nature of our operations during that period. The last time America was on the offensive such as this was WWII.

The WMD card that President Bush played at the beginning of the invasion is still a playable card. The Left in academia, press and politics will say it is a used card, never to be held again in the President's hand. I'm afraid for them, that it is quite a playable card again. The fact that the Egyptians played a large role in Iraqi WMD development AFTER the Israelis destroyed their NUCLEAR power plant in Iraq in 1981 shows that CIA and other intelligience agencies in almost ALL of the West European Capitols knew that Saddam was desparately trying to develop the WMD capability. The fact that he did gas his own Kurdish people and the fact that he used SCUD missles against Iran, Saudi Arabia and Israel is testimony enough that he was a loose canon with the means and capabilites and most importantly the WILL to use WMD's throughout the region if not the world.

Once again, as stated in my earlier blogs, Iraq was but a stepping stone to further incursions to other Middle Eastern countries in the Fertile Crescent. This is not a evil American plot to take over the world nor is it a plot by Jews to use America to wipe out Israeli enemies in the Middle East. The plans and operations undertaken since October of 2001 are a direct result of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attack that ushered in the Terror of Our Times. America is an erupting volcano and will not cool down for some time.