Posted by
Michael on Friday, November 10, 2006 1:45:49 PM
Pulling out of Iraq before the job is done is appeasement.
If those clammoring for withdraw listened to
what the enemy actually says, maybe they would realize this. CNN has released a purported tape of the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, wherein he shows he expects America to leave the Middle East the same way we did with Vietnam and Somalia and the way they world did when the Soviets pulled out of Afghanistan.
(Note: CNN says it hasn't verified the origins of the tape.)
A purported audio recording by the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq vows to step up the group's fight against the United States, saying, "We haven't had enough of your blood yet."..."Come down to the battlefield, you coward," the speaker says on the recording, which CNN cannot independently confirm as the voice of al-Muhajer......"The victory day has come faster than we expected," he says. "Here is the Islamic nation in Iraq victorious against the tyrant. The enemy is incapable of fighting on and has no choice but to run away."This bit really stood out. Sounds like some left wing talking points:
Calling President Bush a "lame duck" and labeling outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld a "coward," the speaker tells Bush not to "run away as your lame defense secretary ran away," referring to Rumsfeld's resignation Wednesday.If this tape is the real deal, it shows that the terrorists do indeed pay attention to American politics and that the upsurge in violence in October was meant to have an effect on our elections, similiar to the Madrid bombings on the eve of an election.