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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Wrong War in Wrong Place at Wrong Time

On occasion I've noted the information imbalance we face in our war. We see every problem we face in the war (and imagine or make up even more); yet have great difficulty seeing the problems our enemies are having. Some make the mistake of assuming that what they see means we are losing.

But sometimes we get a glimpse of our enemy's thinking and they don't see our inevitable defeat:

Chatter on some pro-terrorist websites even suggests that maybe attacking the United States was not such a good idea, and perhaps the war should be kept within the Islamic family (or nations) until all Moslems can be united. Then go after the infidels. The reasoning here was that 911 just pissed the Americans off, and, gee, four years later, they don’t seem to be getting tired of chasing Islamic terrorists all over the place, and killing them.

We are winning. Four years later the fact that we are still chasing Islamic terrorists and killing them isn't a sign we are losing--it is a sign we are determined to win. Our enemies didn't count on us coming after them successfully in Afghanistan let alone still being doggedly on their trail four years later. And though they dared us to fight them on the ground instead of with cowardly cruise missiles, our troops have engaged them in Iraq close up and wiped them up from Basra to Tal Afar.

Our jihadi enemies are starting to think this may not have been the wisest strategy. You know, what with them being killed and arrested while alienating the Moslem street?

But they can still issue a mean internet statement proclaiming victory.