Western Self Jihad
The Liberal/Democratic response to the death of Abu Al-Zarqawi has been little short of amazing; they have either tossed it off as irrelevent, or have tried to spin it into a dark conspiracy by the Bush Administration to raise his poll numbers. Some of the comments by mainstream Democrats have been jaw-dropping; Richard Clark, that darling of the media, shrugged it off on Good Morning America as just one of tens of thousands of enemies; no big deal!
The fact is, it is a big deal-in fact, it`s a huge deal. Al Zarqawi was the operational head of Al-Quada, and may well have been more important than Bone-Laden himself, in that the Sheik of Death is ill, in hiding, and has limited contact with the outside world. It was Al-Zarqawi who was running the show in Iraq-and probably elsewhere as well. Also, don`t forget that we got his top brass along with him. We`ve essentially decapitated Al-Quada.
What struck me was the coverage by the media; I went online in the morning, and AOL had a headline reading ``Top Al-Quada Leader Killed``. I expected it to be the #3, since we`ve killed about four #3`s since the war began. I was shocked to learn it was Al-Zarqawi. I turned on GMA and saw the interview with Clark, where he poo-poo`ed the whole thing, so I switched to the Today show where they were droning about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie`s new baby. It was obvious the media wished the whole thing would go away.
Andrew Cline has a piece in the American Spectator this morning, where he goes over this in detail. I particularly like his reactions from the Left-o-sphere:
Am I the only one who thinks this is one big scam on America and the world, to make it look like they "killed a main terrorist" and rid the world of an evil person?"
They said they identified the so called body with his fingerprints, where did they get Zarqawi's finger prints? I know he was supposedly jailed in Jordan for a while. Do they keep fingerprints on everyone in the world? This news comes as the marriage amendment failed....again Bush's poll numbers are slipping faster then a speeding nascar. I don't buy it."
-- "Wahoo," a poster on Democrats.com
Understandably, there is a lot of media coverage on Zarqawi today. In all the hours and hours of coverage, has anyone mentioned that the President could have killed Zarqawi before the Iraq War but chose not to?
-- "Georgia10," a poster on DailyKos
Zarqawi was quite probably a psy ops job in the first place, so what does that make his "death"?
Keep your eyes on the prize:
Gay marriage?
Haditha.
Flag burning?
Haditha!
Brangelina?
HADITHA!
Zarqawi?
HADITHA!!!"
-- Christopher Day, a poster on DailyKos
I do not believe this al Zarqwai bullsh**, because it is all too convenient. It's another wave of propaganda from the Bush cabal. He was likely killed years ago, or is still alive. Something smells rotten.
-- "Liberalmuse," a poster on Democratic Underground
Just as the American public begins to look into Haditha, this happens.
I'm going to be interested as to how Bush's approval rating changes, as well as how long we've known where this guy was.
I'd like to think that it was just a coincidence, but it would be valuable to know all the facts.
-- "Imagine1989," a poster on Democratic Underground
This illustrates just how far the left has driven over the edge of sanity; they can`t be pleased that a mass murderer and absolute monster is dead. Al-Zarqawi would have killed all of THEM if he had the power to do so, and they would have found his rule most unplesant to their worldview. It is amazing how people can hate
America and the conservatives to the point that they would side with a 7th century oppressor. Radical Islam would eliminate people with their views faster than you can say ``Allah Akhbar``, yet these morons see US as the great enemy! Their hatred and anger has completely blinded them to reality-they have gone stark-raving mad.
I fear for this Nation, and our civilization, when I realize this kind of madness permeats our culture. Perhaps we ARE completely decadent. How long can a civilization survive when a sizable percentage of it`s populace cheer for it`s destruction?
The fact is, it is a big deal-in fact, it`s a huge deal. Al Zarqawi was the operational head of Al-Quada, and may well have been more important than Bone-Laden himself, in that the Sheik of Death is ill, in hiding, and has limited contact with the outside world. It was Al-Zarqawi who was running the show in Iraq-and probably elsewhere as well. Also, don`t forget that we got his top brass along with him. We`ve essentially decapitated Al-Quada.
What struck me was the coverage by the media; I went online in the morning, and AOL had a headline reading ``Top Al-Quada Leader Killed``. I expected it to be the #3, since we`ve killed about four #3`s since the war began. I was shocked to learn it was Al-Zarqawi. I turned on GMA and saw the interview with Clark, where he poo-poo`ed the whole thing, so I switched to the Today show where they were droning about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie`s new baby. It was obvious the media wished the whole thing would go away.
Andrew Cline has a piece in the American Spectator this morning, where he goes over this in detail. I particularly like his reactions from the Left-o-sphere:
Am I the only one who thinks this is one big scam on America and the world, to make it look like they "killed a main terrorist" and rid the world of an evil person?"
They said they identified the so called body with his fingerprints, where did they get Zarqawi's finger prints? I know he was supposedly jailed in Jordan for a while. Do they keep fingerprints on everyone in the world? This news comes as the marriage amendment failed....again Bush's poll numbers are slipping faster then a speeding nascar. I don't buy it."
-- "Wahoo," a poster on Democrats.com
Understandably, there is a lot of media coverage on Zarqawi today. In all the hours and hours of coverage, has anyone mentioned that the President could have killed Zarqawi before the Iraq War but chose not to?
-- "Georgia10," a poster on DailyKos
Zarqawi was quite probably a psy ops job in the first place, so what does that make his "death"?
Keep your eyes on the prize:
Gay marriage?
Haditha.
Flag burning?
Haditha!
Brangelina?
HADITHA!
Zarqawi?
HADITHA!!!"
-- Christopher Day, a poster on DailyKos
I do not believe this al Zarqwai bullsh**, because it is all too convenient. It's another wave of propaganda from the Bush cabal. He was likely killed years ago, or is still alive. Something smells rotten.
-- "Liberalmuse," a poster on Democratic Underground
Just as the American public begins to look into Haditha, this happens.
I'm going to be interested as to how Bush's approval rating changes, as well as how long we've known where this guy was.
I'd like to think that it was just a coincidence, but it would be valuable to know all the facts.
-- "Imagine1989," a poster on Democratic Underground
This illustrates just how far the left has driven over the edge of sanity; they can`t be pleased that a mass murderer and absolute monster is dead. Al-Zarqawi would have killed all of THEM if he had the power to do so, and they would have found his rule most unplesant to their worldview. It is amazing how people can hate
America and the conservatives to the point that they would side with a 7th century oppressor. Radical Islam would eliminate people with their views faster than you can say ``Allah Akhbar``, yet these morons see US as the great enemy! Their hatred and anger has completely blinded them to reality-they have gone stark-raving mad.
I fear for this Nation, and our civilization, when I realize this kind of madness permeats our culture. Perhaps we ARE completely decadent. How long can a civilization survive when a sizable percentage of it`s populace cheer for it`s destruction?
posted by Timothy Birdnow | 5:25 AM
4 Comments:
Great post, Tim! Yes -- liberalism is a mental disorder as Michael Savage says -- and as so often tragically happens with mental illness -- it results in irrational behavior, self-hatred, defeatism, helplessness, impotent rage, projection, outbursts of violent rage and ultimately, suicide.
To be fair, the posts largely seem to distrust the US reports of al-Zarqawi's death rather than claiming his death is a bad thing.
I agree that the embracing of idiotic conspiracy theories (e.g., "He was likely killed years ago, or is still alive") is simply too stupid to be worth the energy it would take to refute it. A person who makes that sort of statement is clearly not able to differentiate between reality and their manufactured fantasy world. However, I would assert that it is easy to find equally stupid posts from conservatives on blogs - they just proclaim different conspiracies.
The Clark statement sounds troubling, simply because he should be in a position to know better. However, I think you exaggerating the broader role of al-Zarqawi. He was operational head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, but it is important to remember that he got that status by changing the name of his own group (Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad) to "al-Qaeda in Iraq" (or as al Jazeera now refers to it, "al-Qaeda in the Land of Two Rivers") and declaring loyalty to bin Laden. Given that self-proclaimed association with al-Qaeda, it seems unlikely that he ever had major roles outside Iraq (although it does appear that he was behind the assassination of Laurence Foley in in former home of Jordan - and al Zarqawi was sentenced to death in absentia for his role in that assassination).
Furthermore, it should be obvious that there is substantial insurgent activity in Iraq totally unconnected to the late (and in my mind not missed) al-Zarqawi. al-Zarqawi was known for his emphatic anti-Shi'a stance - so Shi'a insurgents aren't linked to Zarqawi.
So this liberal says -
1. My hat is off both to USAF pilots who let the smart bombs fly and the intelligence operative who tracked Zarqawi to his safehouse. He was executed for his crimes agains Foley, Nicholas Berg (assuming al-Zarqawi was Berg's murderer - there is some reasonable doubt about that), and all of the US and Iraqi people - military, police, and civilian - who were killed on his orders. And I'm cool with that.
2. I do hope that this has a positive impact in Iraq. Given the situation right now, all I would like to see fewer deaths of US troops and Iraqi civialians and police, regardless of who is in the White House. And I think that is something both conservatives and liberals should agree on.
3. On the statement that "[r]adical Islam would eliminate people with their [liberal] views faster than you can say 'Allahu Akbar'" - I agree with that. Islam has gotten too much of a free pass from many on the left, including a number of secularists. Islam is what it appears to be - an aggessive religion that would reduce those of other religions to dhimmitude if it doesn't kill them. Atheists, agnostics, deists and humanists would almost certainly fare worse under sharia than Christians and (religious) Jews, but it wouldn't be a picnic for anybody except Muslims. The Islamists don't lie about that - they proclaim it!
To finish the thought in point 3, I don't want to live under an Islamic theocracy or a Christian theocracy (or any theocracy for that matter). If one wants to be a Christian that is fine - they should live according to the moral guidelines of their religion. If they want to try to convince others to live according to those rules, that is fine as well. The problem comes when they (or any group) tries to extend the laws that exist beyond the set that are necessary to protect everybody (murder, assault, theft, purgery) to to cover things that may or may not be bad ideas but don't result in direct and obvious damage to others (various consensual crimes). I acknowledge that there can be some complexity here (e.g., should the law be used to limit adult establishments to certain neighborhoods - I would say yes, as long as it doesn't completely outlaw them, since this can limit the impact of the establishments on people who don't want 'em while permitting others to use 'em; of couse, if their religion says they shouldn't do something like go see strippers [or work as strippers] then they shouldn't do so - but that is their business, not the governments!)
Perhaps as important, as positive as the death itself of Zarqawi is that his location was pinpointed by Iraqis.
After all, he is personally responsible for the deaths of at least hundreds if not thousands of Iraqi deaths.
One more point, especially for Aussiegirl: Michael Savage is himself a mental disorder.
Why can't we all just have one day of consensus on this deal. C'mon you leftists suspend your hatred and bile for just one day and celebtrate the passing of a great demon. How can this NOT be a good thing?
Funny how FOX news was replaying Iraqi security forces dancing in the streets upon hearing the good news and when you flipped over to CNN they had a little crawl at the bottom of the screen about al-Zarqawi while showing pictures of burning cars on the streets of Baghdad. Why was I not surprized?
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