Its Baseball, My Dear Watson!

What are the clues telling us about America's entry into Iraq two years after the commencement of the War On Terror that began in the Fall of 2001? The destruction of the World Trade Center Complex and the attack on the Pentagon was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back of the pacific era of the New World Order established after the phantom disappearance of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1989. That 12 year interregnum of Western consolidation and undisputed power of the United States came to a crashing end when the Twin Towers fell in New York City on that fateful and infamous day on September 11th, 2001 and now there is no going back. Western hegemony was based on a policy of commercial ties between the nations to tie the entire world together that would ultimately lead to political integration along the lines of the current experiment, which is currently in an advanced stage, of the European Union. The disparate states of Germany came together by a means of a customs union under Bismarck in the late 19th century and Western Europe today is following this same course that began with the EEC (European Economic Community) shortly after World War II. Europe was the prototype economic model for political integration and this model is currently being applied to Iraq but alas, something is not quite right.

Today with the advent of Islamic International Terrorism the means to establish law and order along Occidental lines is being completely untangled in Iraq. The Western way of life has become a liability in a land that clearly has been the battleground between those who wish to impose their own brand of an Oriental paradigm that is completely at odds with the West and those who wish to build a more Babylonian, pun intended, country that would be tolerant of all religions and political parties. What we are seeing in Iraq in the continued terrorist attacks upon the people and infrastructure is the failure of the Occident to come to terms with its own limitations particularly in regards to economic and political integration.

President Bush cannot take responsibility for this predicament. The facts on the ground are that America with United Nations backing invaded Iraq because Saddam Hussein and his Baathist regime dared to defy the collective will of the world! This defiance was at its nadir during the Clinton Administration during the 1990's but nothing was really done to correct this imbalance. The advent of 9/11, not big oil or Bush's alleged revenge motivation against Saddam, was the catalyst that changed the West's tolerance of Iraq's intransigence on WMD's as he was making a mockery of the world by his use of the Oil for Food program and other violations that simply were not being addressed by the United Nations. America as the Hessian of the West is the only nation that can globally enforce the will of the United Nations and thus it was America, as it always has been since FDR declared America the "Arsenal of Democracy", that invaded Iraq and deposed that evil dictator and his regime. No other nation in the world can do what America does and thus President Bush, unlike his Democrat counterparts, stepped up to the plate and hit a homerun with our offensive operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the West in many ways is its own worst enemy.

The Left in both Europe and America wouldn't let George Bush run the bases after he hit the ball out of the park with the complete destruction of both the Taliban and Baathist regimes. Its one thing to hit it out of the park but quite another to make it to home plate. If I may extend the baseball analogy a bit further, President Bush made it to first base with Afghanistan and then to second base with Iraq. Third base is Syria and home plate is Iran however, George Bush every bit affected by public opinion as anyone else has been sitting at second base waiting for a signal from the world to go all the way to victory in the War On Terror. Sadly, the Left which is represented by most of Western Europe and the elites in America have not only told him to wait at second base but in fact wishes he never hit the ball out of the park in the first place! The debate over troops in Iraq and whether we should stay or go in other words is completely and 100% off the mark! We are sitting on second base and the only option is to steal third base and run to home plate to win the War On Terror. The Left, however, wants to forfeit the game!!! They think by forfeiting our position in Iraq and ultimately Afghanistan they will win over the Orient with our "open-minded" policy of moral equivalence in the sphere of foreign policy. The Left is drunk with the spirit of discontent and are booing and throwing empty beer cups at the winners in this game! What is Team America to do?

The reason America appears weak in Iraq is because America is acting in concert with the United Nations. Contrary to Leftwing opinion, President Bush is not acting unilaterally in either Iraq or Afghanistan. He never has. A United Nations supporting America would be a refreshing change and we would see America on the offensive again if the permanent members of the Security Council as well as the Democrat majority in the House and Senate would give us the signal to go forward. Right now both Iran and Syria are violating United Nation resolutions regarding their nuclear programs and their treacherous dealings in Lebanon respectively. What will the world do? President Bush knows what to do and has shown his mettle in this matter. The United Nations and a Democrat controlled Congress, not the United States or President Bush, has failed Iraq and ultimately doomed the Middle East to an Oriental Dictatorship in the form of a resurrected Caliphate.