Shoot the messenger
It just keeps getting worse and worse. All signs of logic, humanity and life have been extinguished.
What am i talking about? Well, i am talking about fundamentalist Islam and its use by Iraqi terrorist groups. It is very clear now that all they want is to throw everyone out of Iraq and create their own Taliban style regime there. That it all they want.
So how can they achieve that?
First of all, they have to get those "evil, infidel" foreigners out of Iraq. Why? Because a foreign presence not only gives the Iraqi government international legitimacy, but it also aids in Iraqi reconstruction and stability. The way to do that is to continously attack, abduct and kill foreigners (it doesn't matter what nationality or what they are doing there) and preferably show their killing on video. That way most of those even thinking of going to Iraq will be scared away. This also works for foreign diplomats, who play an even larger role in granting legitimacy to the new Iraqi government. Killing the Egyptian ambassador was just part of this.
Egypt's responce to this should have been alot stronger. I will get into that in a bit.
Secondly, keep killing as many Iraqis as possible, especially those who "dare" try to do anything to help stabalize Iraq, such as joining the police and army. This should keep the country unstable for a while, which is exactly what those "medievalists" want. People first and foremost want security and when it gets bad enough, then the Iraqi people wil turn to any alternative, even if it is an extrimist regime.
Thirdly, keep killing foreign troops. Those terrorists think that there will come a time when US casualties will just get so high that the US will withdraw, no matter what the situation on the ground is. This, sadly, might be true, i do not sense an overwhelming popular support for the Iraqi war anymore. The US people will eventually demand the return of their troops. When that happens, the terrorists will no doubt claim victory.
The US and its allies must not leave Iraq before the situation is put under control. This will be a mistake that will have grave consequences for the future. The terrorists must not be given even the smallest impression that their tactics can work.
As to the killing of the Egyptian ambassador, here is what i think Egypt should have done. Egypt should have declared its intention, publicly, to send a large number of security forces to Iraq, with the intention to find the ambassador's killers. So you terrorists have killed one Egyptian? well, we'll send you 50,000 more.
That should be the response, that is what should be done. An overwhelming response that will make those terrorists think twice about committing such a crime again.
This is national honor we are talking about.
As to the ambassador himself, what he was doing there, how the hell he went about Baghdad without any protection, i will get into that later.
What am i talking about? Well, i am talking about fundamentalist Islam and its use by Iraqi terrorist groups. It is very clear now that all they want is to throw everyone out of Iraq and create their own Taliban style regime there. That it all they want.
So how can they achieve that?
First of all, they have to get those "evil, infidel" foreigners out of Iraq. Why? Because a foreign presence not only gives the Iraqi government international legitimacy, but it also aids in Iraqi reconstruction and stability. The way to do that is to continously attack, abduct and kill foreigners (it doesn't matter what nationality or what they are doing there) and preferably show their killing on video. That way most of those even thinking of going to Iraq will be scared away. This also works for foreign diplomats, who play an even larger role in granting legitimacy to the new Iraqi government. Killing the Egyptian ambassador was just part of this.
Egypt's responce to this should have been alot stronger. I will get into that in a bit.
Secondly, keep killing as many Iraqis as possible, especially those who "dare" try to do anything to help stabalize Iraq, such as joining the police and army. This should keep the country unstable for a while, which is exactly what those "medievalists" want. People first and foremost want security and when it gets bad enough, then the Iraqi people wil turn to any alternative, even if it is an extrimist regime.
Thirdly, keep killing foreign troops. Those terrorists think that there will come a time when US casualties will just get so high that the US will withdraw, no matter what the situation on the ground is. This, sadly, might be true, i do not sense an overwhelming popular support for the Iraqi war anymore. The US people will eventually demand the return of their troops. When that happens, the terrorists will no doubt claim victory.
The US and its allies must not leave Iraq before the situation is put under control. This will be a mistake that will have grave consequences for the future. The terrorists must not be given even the smallest impression that their tactics can work.
As to the killing of the Egyptian ambassador, here is what i think Egypt should have done. Egypt should have declared its intention, publicly, to send a large number of security forces to Iraq, with the intention to find the ambassador's killers. So you terrorists have killed one Egyptian? well, we'll send you 50,000 more.
That should be the response, that is what should be done. An overwhelming response that will make those terrorists think twice about committing such a crime again.
This is national honor we are talking about.
As to the ambassador himself, what he was doing there, how the hell he went about Baghdad without any protection, i will get into that later.
posted by Caliph at 11:35 AM
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