Ask yourself
who is the greatest threat to the free world.
who has been causing atrocities every where they exist
who is greatest threat to U.S.
who has already claimed more deaths than Japan did at Pearl Harbor.
Then ask yourself where is better place to attack than in the heart of middle east.
There are some that would have you believe we were are safer when terrorists were training openly--vs destroying them and setting up democracies.They will tell you tryanny running rampant was better then millions voting in the face of tryanny.
The next time you have liberal tell you--
"Oh, and fwiw, the 'insurgents' blowing up US convoys and tanks aren't Al Qaida either...They're mainly just pissed off Iraqis."
Ask them if Al Qaida isn't in Iraq why are they claiming credit for all the major attacks on website--and if they think Iraq isn't a pivotal area why has Al Qaida abandoned Afgan (their previous headquarters) to put so much effort here?
Evidently Al Qaida-this admin and its allies think Iraq is important--you have the liberals that say nay.In fact their solution is to withdraw and hope they just go away. I think we been there and done that previously
Time will tell if it was correct move--but I like democracies replacing muslim regimes and seeing the 1st arab demostration(Jorden)against terrorism was a change of pace and quite encouraging.
also encouraging--
Muslim Leaders Pledge Crackdown on Extremism
Friday, December 09, 2005
MECCA, Saudi Arabia ? Leaders from more than 50 Muslim countries promised Thursday to fight extremist ideology, saying they would reform textbooks, restrict religious edicts and crack down on terror financing.
Kings, heads of states and ministers closed a two-day summit in Islam's holiest city, Mecca, that had been convened to address terrorism, seeking to counter criticism that the Islamic world has done little to confront extremism.
"The Islamic nation is in a crisis. This crisis does not reflect on the present alone, but also on its future and the future of humanity at large," said the final statement of the gathering. "We need decisive action to fight deviant ideas because they are the justification of terrorism."
In the declaration, the countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference promised to "change national laws to criminalize financing and incitement" as well as purge extremist ideas from school curriculums.
It also underlined that "fatwas" ? or Islamic religious edicts ? must only be issued by "those who are authorized," an effort to rein in edicts by clerics who denounce other Muslims and allow their killing.
"It is now up to every Muslim government to implement the measures, God willing," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said at a news conference.
Leaders of about 40 countries were participating in the meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, with the remaining OIC members represented by ministers.
Saudi Arabia has cracked down on Al Qaeda militants there since a wave of attacks in early 2003, and King Abdullah has taken gradual steps to clamp down on militant preachers in his country, the homeland of Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden and 15 of the 19 suicide hijackers in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States.
Jordan's King Abdullah II also played a leading role at the summit, pressing for strong language against terrorism and extremist ideology after his country was hit by its worst ever terror attack last month, a triple suicide bombing at Amman hotels that killed 60 people.
Among noted absentees were Syrian President Bashar Assad, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika ? hospitalized in France ? and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
