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 Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:05 am
With the news of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi being killed, are you happy? Not only did US soldiers kill him but they also captured about 20 Al Qaida terrorists and found many weapons. Should this be considered as a turning point in the war?
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:43 am
I'm glad. Eliminating terrorist upper management is a victory. I don't know if it will turn around the domestic terrorism going on in Iraq but it should put something of a damper on attempts to export it out of Iraq. That was Zarqawi's main claim to fame was to try to use Iraq as a base to destabalize nearby Jordan. That and it should boost the morale of the Iraqi government as well as coalition forces as well as demoralize the higher ups in the global Islamist movement.
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:31 am
its good to see that some people are happy with this, a few times I have heard things like, it doesnt really matter because its not osama bin laden or he will easily be replaced. I'm tired of hearing the negative things about the war and I'm glad to heard the good things that have come from this.
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:20 pm
red_rose3121 its good to see that some people are happy with this, a few times I have heard things like, it doesnt really matter because its not osama bin laden or he will easily be replaced. I'm tired of hearing the negative things about the war and I'm glad to heard the good things that have come from this. Of course the political left is saying a bunch of crap like, "Well, it isn't bin Laden," or that having killed al-Zarqawi doesn't matter because he'll be replaced. If it doesn't matter that we killed Zarqman, then why should it matter if we kill or capture bin Laden? And yet they continue to say that we haven't found bin Laden yet, and that no one else really matters. And then there's the whole crap with, "Why does something like this always happen when Bush could use help in the polls?" Well, maybe that's because it doesn't always happen. Then again, one isn't going to be able to silence the conspiracy theorists, and people on Gaia seem to side more with those crackpots than anyone with logic. Anyway, I believe that this will be a turning point in the War on Terror. I think that having killed Zarqman will make it easier for us to get at the other ranking members of al-Qaida and other terror organizations.
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:44 pm
Der_Freischuetz And then there's the whole crap with, "Why does something like this always happen when Bush could use help in the polls?" Well, maybe that's because it doesn't always happen. Then again, one isn't going to be able to silence the conspiracy theorists, and people on Gaia seem to side more with those crackpots than anyone with logic. Yep yep. I remember back in 2004 when the lefties were saying there was going to be an "October suprise" and that the US government had UBL on ice somewhere and that he was going to pop out of a giant cake just before the election. I remember danjel used to be a big parrot of that theory. Of course he also believed that the government was putting RFID tags in $20 bills and had a penchant for reading Alex Jones. lol
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:45 am
He was one of those people that make me feel so conflicted on the death penalty. I don't like killing people but I do believe in self-defense. And if there is a man who...deserved what he got, Zarqawi was one of them. I feel sick whever I think about what he's done, by his own hand, to other human beings. Death...may have been too good for him.
Bush has been needing help in the polls for a long time. If this was so convenient, why didn't he do it sooner? Or later when November is getting closer? rolleyes
But that's what the government WANTS us to think right?
You know...considering how so many liberals think George Bush is one of the stupidest men on the planet, they're certainly giving him a lot of credit for orchestrating these elaborate conspiracies.
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:10 pm
I remember feeling very...not happy, just content...when I heard of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death. I even cracked open a gallon jug of Martinelli's sparkling cider to commemorate his passing. Though I still wait for the death of bin Laden, this latest news gives me enough reason to sit back and look upon the last five years.
The honest truth is that al-Zarqawi, though viewed by his followers like a modern-day Salah al-Din, is really just another cog leading one of several terrorist cells fighting a war for Islamofascism. You can temporarily confuse them while they find a new figurehead for their savagery, but if America does not keep up the momentum and continue to bag more terrorists we will see the stalemate continue. In fact, I think his cell already drafted a new target, I mean leader. I think his name is Abu Hamza al-Muhajir...Muhajir meaning immigrant, it is not believed that he is an Iraqi.
Side point: Is it just me, or does it seem all the leadership of this supposedly Iraqi insurgency is, well...non-Iraqi? sweatdrop
To be blunt, al-Zarqawi is not bin Laden, but in my opinion that isn't all that bad. If the United States keeps killing the skilled jihadists, we'll eventually reach the point where we're fighting mostly the chaff. Same thing happens in all wars.
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:59 pm
Patton In fact, I think his cell already drafted a new target, I mean leader. Yep. He is the new target of US Special Forces, including my favorite group Delta Force. I agree, the US can't slouch when it comes to catching the bad guys, but I don't think it'll be doing that anytime soon.
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