January 09, 2006

Give Them an Inch and They'll Take a Planet

The war in Iraq is all about oil and cronyism and lining the pockets of George Bush's friends courtesy of the blood of young American men and women. Right?

Uh, looks like the enemy has a different view:

Al Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, said in an audio tape put onto the Internet on Sunday that rockets had been fired at Israel from Lebanon last month "on the instructions" of the network’s overall chief Osama bin Laden...

The Iraqi Al Qaeda leader then laid down two conditions for giving up the jihad. "First, chase out the invaders from our territory in Palestine, in Iraq and everywhere in Islamic land. "Second, install Sharia (Islamic law) on the entire earth and spread Islamic justice there. The attacks will not cease until after the victory of Islam and the setting up of Sharia," he swore.

So, it's - uh - not about Iraq? Or oil? Or anything of the sort?

It's about our very existence, our civilization, and the Cindy Sheehans and Michael Moores and Jesse Jacksons of the world want us to capitulate? They declare these people to be brave freedom fighters, veritable Minutemen? How exactly does one get the title of "freedom fighter" when your cause is to enslave not just a people, but a planet?

I'm usually not very blunt or impolitic on this blog (in fact I pride myself on being a paragon of civility and kindness), but some of you out there are really, really, really dumb.

Somewhat Related Observation: Reuters, in reporting the same story, left out the bit about wanting to take over the world and implement Islamic law. Wouldn't want to make the terrorists look bad, I suppose.

Related Update: Brave freedom fighters and minutemen strike another blow for liberty:

A freelance writer on assignment for The Christian Science Monitor was kidnapped Saturday in western Baghdad, and her Iraqi interpreter was killed, the newspaper said Monday.