Thursday, November 16, 2006.
We have one widely conceded malevolent force. It is hiding in one cave after another in Afghanistan or Pakistan. It hates the USA. It sends out orders to its pawns to kill. Its stated purpose is terror. Civilians of the West are its targets. American soldiers are its targets. Civilians in Muslim countries are its targets. Civilians in Iraq are its targets. Civilians in Iraq may be starting to understand that aspect of their victimization and seek out friends and allies in Pakistan and Afghanistan to help solve that problem.
We have another force not yet conceded as malevolent. It is hiding in one hotel or another in Iraq. It hates the USA. It sends out orders to its stringers to film killings. Its demonstrated purpose is to publicize terror. Its aim is to demoralize civilians of the West. Its aim is to demoralize American soldiers. Its aim is to confuse civilians in Muslim countries so that they can't recognize wanton killers from defenders. The worst casualties of its campaign – if successful – will be civilians in Iraq. It will not be much longer before civilians and others in Iraq come to understand this aspect of their victimization. When they do, friends in Pakistan and Afghanistan would be very nice to have, but the Iraqis will be solving this problem locally, thank you very much.
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