Don't Abandon the Iraqis

Wow! Fred Kagan writing for the Weekly Standard makes an excellent case staying the course in Iraq instead of abandoning America’s National Interests.

The Dhimmicrats wish to sell out America in defeat and trip into Islamofascist propaganda in which al-Qaeda can claim a victory.

JRH

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Don't Abandon the Iraqis
The high stakes of the war.
by Frederick W. Kagan
05/28/2007, Volume 012, Issue 35
The Weekly Standard



From time to time, nations face fundamental tests of character. Forced to choose between painful but wise options, and irresponsible ones that offer only temporary relief from pain, a people must decide what price they are willing to pay to safeguard themselves and their children and to do the right thing. America has faced such tests before. Guided by Abraham Lincoln, we met our greatest challenge during the Civil War and overcame it, despite agonizing doubts about the possibility of success even into 1864. The Greatest Generation recovered from the shock of Pearl Harbor and refused to stop fighting until both Germany and Japan had surrendered unconditionally. A similar moment is upon us in Iraq. What will we do?


America has vital national interests in Iraq. The global al Qaeda movement has decided to defeat us there--not merely to establish a base from which to pursue further tyranny and terror, but also to erect a triumphant monument on the ruins of American power. Al Qaeda claims to have defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, and its recruiting rests in part on that boast. If America flees the field of battle against this foe in Iraq, al Qaeda will have gained an even more powerful recruiting slogan. That is why al Qaeda fighters from across the Muslim world are streaming into MORE ...