Fellow conservatives:
The topic I would like to discuss today is Iraq, Iran, and national security.
The topic I would like to discuss today is Iraq, Iran, and national security.
I am as tired as anyone else of hearing that we need to pull out of Iraq because "Bush's Iraq policy is a disaster". I remember president Bush telling the public on national television that the war on terrorism, or as I like to call it, the war against radical Muslims, would be a long fight and would take lots of patience to endure. No one can argue that Iraq has gone as well as many of us wish it would have. However, the important task of removing a dictator and his ability to produce WMD's was accomplished, and I am very grateful for that. Even if Iraq's democracy fails, they now are a very low threat to the rest of the western world.
So, the all important question:
When do we say that we have done enough to help them, its time for them to take up the battle for themselves?
If nothing else were going on in the world, I would say that we have much more to do in Iraq to walk away at this point. Many people point to the number of U.S. soldiers who have been killed so far in this conflict and say that it is time to pull them out of harms way. I love our troops as much as the rest of you, but you honor the dead by doing everything in your power to leave Iraq a free country. If you look solely at our interests, we should do everything possible to ensure we never have to return there. And, if you think Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism, you are not paying attention to anything that is going on.
Take a look at this story from Newsmax.com. Al-Qaida is threatening war with Iran because they are providing weapons and assistance to the Shiites in Iraq. Yet, while this is going on, Democrats and some Republicans claim that Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terrorism.
Iran
Meanwhile, we have that nut in Iran, dictator Ahmadinejad, shaking his fist at the western world and building nuclear weapons. In order to fight Iran, we would have to make the tough choice to pull most of our resources out of Iraq and Afghanistan to focus our efforts there. Unfortunately, this is where we need to be headed.
President Bush is currently attempting to take the gloves off in Iraq and fight more aggressively with his recent troop surge. This needs to be done, but even more forcefully. If we know that the terrorists are meeting in a mosque in Baghdad, there should be no further discussion, that building should be flattened. If a christian church in Iraq was housing terrorists who were plotting to kill people, the same would be true, drop a bomb on it! It is utter foolishness to avoid the very targets that would accomplish the most just to be politically correct. These policies are the ones that are destructive and cost lives. If we had been less concerned about politics, we might have been out of there by now and heading into Iran.
We have to continue to fight radical Muslims around the globe. We should not even be discussing bringing our troops home, we should be discussing where we go next. If we hope to preserve our liberty and way of life here in the states, we have to muster some courage and commit to a long-term fight. If we come home and turn our backs on the world now, there will come a day that we will see state sponsored terrorism reach levels that make 9/11 seem insignificant. We need to remain on the offensive for decades to come, or face the fact that our way of life will crumble around us. I don't want to see a day when Americans are scared to go out in public for fear of attack, that day is coming if we do nothing.
So, the all important question:
When do we say that we have done enough to help them, its time for them to take up the battle for themselves?
If nothing else were going on in the world, I would say that we have much more to do in Iraq to walk away at this point. Many people point to the number of U.S. soldiers who have been killed so far in this conflict and say that it is time to pull them out of harms way. I love our troops as much as the rest of you, but you honor the dead by doing everything in your power to leave Iraq a free country. If you look solely at our interests, we should do everything possible to ensure we never have to return there. And, if you think Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism, you are not paying attention to anything that is going on.
Take a look at this story from Newsmax.com. Al-Qaida is threatening war with Iran because they are providing weapons and assistance to the Shiites in Iraq. Yet, while this is going on, Democrats and some Republicans claim that Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terrorism.
Iran
Meanwhile, we have that nut in Iran, dictator Ahmadinejad, shaking his fist at the western world and building nuclear weapons. In order to fight Iran, we would have to make the tough choice to pull most of our resources out of Iraq and Afghanistan to focus our efforts there. Unfortunately, this is where we need to be headed.
President Bush is currently attempting to take the gloves off in Iraq and fight more aggressively with his recent troop surge. This needs to be done, but even more forcefully. If we know that the terrorists are meeting in a mosque in Baghdad, there should be no further discussion, that building should be flattened. If a christian church in Iraq was housing terrorists who were plotting to kill people, the same would be true, drop a bomb on it! It is utter foolishness to avoid the very targets that would accomplish the most just to be politically correct. These policies are the ones that are destructive and cost lives. If we had been less concerned about politics, we might have been out of there by now and heading into Iran.
We have to continue to fight radical Muslims around the globe. We should not even be discussing bringing our troops home, we should be discussing where we go next. If we hope to preserve our liberty and way of life here in the states, we have to muster some courage and commit to a long-term fight. If we come home and turn our backs on the world now, there will come a day that we will see state sponsored terrorism reach levels that make 9/11 seem insignificant. We need to remain on the offensive for decades to come, or face the fact that our way of life will crumble around us. I don't want to see a day when Americans are scared to go out in public for fear of attack, that day is coming if we do nothing.
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