The Islamic militants have been comitting acts of war on us directly since 1979. We are just now starting to return the favor. I cannot stand GWB but even though the war on terror has been mishandled at least we are fighting back on a greater scale.
Personally I like the fact that Iraq has become such a magnet for all of those terrorist wannabe fighters... It sorta makes Iraq our giant Terrorist A-Hole bug zapper... They come from far and wide just to get zapped by uncle sam...
We have taken some losses in Iraq and it is a shame that plenty of them have been needless from lack of equipment or poor tactics... I do not mean to belittle the loss of even one American life but the truth is here in World War 4 (I count the cold war as #3) Our losses have been paltry compared to what we have inflicted upon the enemy.
Partial list of their actions since 1979:
*** In 1979,the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over
*** During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon
*** In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot 4 times in an assasination attempt
*** In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up
*** In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked, and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard
*** In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diver was murdered
*** In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed
*** In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time
*** In 1996 19 Americans were killed and hundreds more woulded at
the U.S. Military complex at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia
*** In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed
*** In 2000, The USS Cole was attacked and more than 15 American Sailors were killed
*** On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed and thousands of people were killed
*** In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered
*** On July 4th 2002, 2 Innocent Airline Passengers Were Killed, And 3 Others Injured at the ticket counter of El Al Airlines in the LAX International terminal
*** On October 12th 2002 more than 200 innocent civilians (including 200 Australians and 5 Americans) were brutally murdered
We have had ENOUGH of these guys over the years and we tried hard to play nice with them, to do business with them but you see what has happened, they have continued and we are killing them since that is the only thing they understand... I don't want anyone to come back home until the job is DONE and the militant islamic movement grinds to a halt.
Islam : The Religion of Peace
(Believe it - Or Else!)
