Ayman Al Zawahiri Makes The Case For Staying In Iraq
In his latest video, al Qaeda’s number two man tells the world that America is much too busy “searching for a way out” to concentrate on actually winning the war:
“You must be patient and steadfast,” he says. “Rejoice, for victory is near, with Allah’s permission, and the herds of crusaders have begun to split up and their sole concern has become searching for a way out.”
And then he makes the case for Iraq and Afghanistan (along with Palestine and Somalia) being the central fronts in the war on terror:
In the hour and half long video, which surfaced today on the website Strategic Translations, a translation and terror analysis firm, Zawahiri urges his followers to hurry to Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Somalia.
I hear anti-war types talk all the time about pulling out of Iraq so that we can concentrate our resources on fighting the “real” war on terror. Yet time and again our Islamic extremist enemies, up to and including people like Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden himself, have named Iraq and Afghanistan as the central fronts in the global war on terror. They are concentrating all their resources on beating us in those places. Meaning two things:
- Those resources, thankfully, aren’t being directed toward attacking us here at home.
- Fighting the war on terror means fighting in Iraq.
If we’re going to fight terrorism and al Qaeda where else do we put boots on the ground outside of Iraq and Afghanistan? And how do we reconcile disengaging from the terrorist forces in Iraq and going elsewhere if we truly do want to fight these terrorists?
I’d like to hear proponents of withdrawing from Iraq answer these questions honestly.
