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celebratoryNow Playing: Bach's Mass in B
Topic: The Death of Saruman
We got’em! We got Abu Musab al- Zarqawi…the Saruman of the jihadist world (please seem my entry, “Trouble in Mordor”). The old military maxim warns that ‘if you try to run, you will only die tired,’ and so it was with this mass-murdering, evil SOB. He tried disguises, he tried hiding, and, of course, he ran, ran, and ran some more like the coward he was in life. But in the end it proved to be nothing more than a futile effort to avoid inescapable American justice---this time delivered by an F-16 with two 500lb bombs.
Fortunately, Saru…er, Zarqawi did not die before he could see WHO was responsible for his come-uppance. Recently released military reports indicate that Zarqawi was conscious when American and Iraqi forces found him in the rubble of his (not so) safe-house and placed him upon a stretcher. Zarqawi, seeing American and Iraqi uniforms, ATTEMPTED TO FLEE yet again, but was unable to do so because of his injuries. He died shortly thereafter and has probably since discovered that he won’t be getting his virgins after all….
President Bush remarked:
“Now Zarqawi has met his end, and this violent man will never murder again. Iraqis can be justly proud of their new government and its early steps to improve their security. And Americans can be enormously proud of the men and women of our armed forces, who worked tirelessly with their Iraqi counterparts to track down this brutal terrorist and put him out of business.
The operation against Zarqawi was conducted with courage and professionalism by the finest military in the world. Coalition and Iraqi forces persevered through years of near misses and false leads, and they never gave up. Last night their persistence and determination were rewarded. On behalf of all Americans, I congratulate our troops on this remarkable achievement.”
Amen!
One down, one to go….
Coincidentally, that same day the Iraqi government had finished constituting itself by naming a new Minister of Defense, a new Minister of the Interior, and a new Minister of State for National Security---yet another blow to the jihadists. And on top of that good news, word was released that a massive, simultaneous raid throughout Iraq netted “a treasure trove” of intelligence material about the terrorist network.
What refuge could a terrorist have from such bitter news?
Well…there is always the American Democrat party. While America and Iraq celebrated, Dems wasted no opportunity to do what they have done best---council a cut-and-run strategy of defeat. In an amazingly tone-deaf reaction to all this good news, John Kerry, Nancy Pilosi, Harry Reid, et alia, tried to make the case that the best way to capitalize on this smashing series of victories was to pack-up and return home. Indeed, shortly after this feckless display, Frenchie Kerry and Carl Levin both tried to legislate a mandatory retreat in Iraq, a proposition that went down in flaming defeat.
You know, once upon a time I used to believe that the whole, sorry Vietnam War mess was the result of politics peculiar to that moment in time. Now I know differently. Now I know that the Democrat Party was the architect of a deliberate policy of self-defeat and would gladly be the architect of such a policy yet again. How…treasonous.
