Our recruits.

[dude1394]

Charles Krauthammer makes a very interesting point in an article supporting our efforts as ultimately making us safer. (Although I really hate that phrase as it's so arbitrary. Driving a tank would make you "safe" on the roadways and so would going 10 miles per hour, but life is full of unknowns). In light of recent schisms between terrorist groups, Zarquawi targeting Egyptian diplomats, it has become obvious that what is truly going on is a muslim civil war. The muslim moderates will be the folks who will have to lead the world out of this. And just like any civil war it will be bloodiest for the two sides. I love his last paragraphs.

krauthammer

On 9/11, the U.S. was rudely injected into a Muslim civil war--the jihadists are intent on conquering the entire region and re-establishing an ancient caliphate--except that only the jihadist side was really fighting. By taking the fight to the Arab/ Islamic heartland, the U.S. has forced Muslims to commit. The most remarkable effect of the wars to liberate Afghanistan and Iraq is that, whereas on 9/11 we stood alone against the terrorists, today there are two large and energized Muslim populations--with legitimate governments building armed forces--engaged in the same struggle against jihadism as we are.

It is those allies who are critical in ultimately winning the war on terrorism. The terrorists may have recruited their new Atta, now splattered on the walls of the Baghdad mosque he has suicide-bombed. We have recruited tens of millions of Afghan and Iraqi Muslims--with Lebanese and others to follow--opposing that Atta as they attempt to build decent, moderate, tolerant societies.

I'll take our recruits.

[FishForLunch]

Lets move on, the doomsday and Death wish Liberals will have none of it, they are currently focused on blaming all things on Bush and it will take another 3 years before they snap out of it.