Some of these are pretty interesting. And participate if you’d like, although I think the questions are closed now.
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Oh, Fareed. You’re getting more and more awesome every day. Re: the Al Qaeda attack on a shrine in July.
Simply put, Al Qaeda would hate these guys even more than Newtie since they’re trying to “moderate” Islam, something that the Bin Laden Boys obviously don’t want to do. Of course, I almost forgot. They’re brown and worship a different god, so they’re all evil.
That said, it ain’t exactly “over” yet. To be sure, that we can call the combat phase of the Iraq war over is, to put it mildly, a monumental step. However, we’ve still got about 50,000 troops hanging around, and they aren’t just going to be going to Burger King and playing Madden 2010 against each other. Granted, the actual fighting has been transferred over to Iraqi forces, but 50,000 troops is 50,000 troops, and my more cynical side isn’t willing to breathe a sigh of relief until they’re gone. To wit:
Our military has only stopped fighting in the sense that they’re sitting back and watching things, ready to step in if “need be”, and I’m not entirely confident that “need be” will be a definition that most of us would be willing to accept. Granted, this is a huge step forward, and a great gamble for President Obama. While it’s true that the economy has been the front and center issue lately, possibly the biggest attack on Barry-O was that he’d “cut and run” from Iraq and basically hand it over to the enemy. So one of two things is going to happen here: either he’ll be mercilessly attacked by people who want to see this go badly, or the right will inexplicably start taking credit for the current situation, saying Bush’s war succeeded and Obama listened to reason by not pulling out too soon. Oh and by the way, while this is all going on, the number of contractors in Iraq will double. Remember those guys? Yeah. Awesome. Just so you guys know, I’m in sunny Cali right now, hence lack of updates. Yeah, I’m really big on this story, but shut up. It matters to me. I sincerely hope this is not the case. Incidentally, I sometimes wonder what would have to happen to convince the deniers. It strikes me as one of those situations where until we’re all dying they’ll keep saying it ain’t true. Say what you will about his series of tubes, but cross your fingers that he’s all right, and then shoot some thoughts toward the family of the five that didn’t make it. Although, on second thought, it’s a strange thing to be hoping that, of five dead, Ted Stevens isn’t one of them. Almost implies that I’m hoping that someone else IS dead. Seems a bit insensitive of me. Buckle up, folks! 
As a counterpoint, though, I’m not entirely sure we as citizens should know everything that’s going on. Sometimes I think back to an article from The Daily Beast a while ago that postulated that our government would be more effective if we’d just shut our eyes for a little while. Don’t know, it’s a hairy issue. See, the problem with the Anti-Defamation League is that they aren’t like the ACLU in truly going after injustice from all quarters. The ADL is truly an organization that only focuses on Israel/Jewish specific problems. You’d think a bunch of people protesting the building of a mosque and being incredibly anti-Islam about it would be a prime target for the ADL to step in and stand up for someone’s right not to be defamed. I’ll say this, too: seems like the Obama administration has really started to usher in an era of not bending over backwards for Israel with no questions asked. Good times, indeed. |
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