Posted by
arandomguy on Friday, April 13, 2007 4:56:47 PM
The Iraqi parliament meet today, in what has been termed by some attendees as an act of "defiance," after the recent suicide attacks against the Iraqi parliament building, attacks that Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for. Meeting on Friday is generally against precedent, because Friday is a Muslim holy day of prayer, like Saturday in other religions.
This is an extremely powerful story, especially for those of us that believe this war is right and just, as well as necessary for our national security. A bouquet of flowers sat in the place of Mohammed Awad, the member of parliament who was killed in the recent attacks. Parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, called Awad a "hero."
He also said that the meeting was called with the intention to send "a clear message to all the terrorists and all those who dare try to stop this
(political) process, that we will sacrifice in order for it to continue." We should keep in mind that Mashhadani is a Sunni Muslim (as are Al Qaeda leaders and members.)
He continued: "We feel today that we are stronger than yesterday. The parliament,
government and the people are all the same — they are all in the same ship
which, if it sinks, will make everyone sink."
That last sentence should be repeated endlessly in the face of any of these anti-war lunatics who say that pulling out is the best thing for the US to do. Mr. Mashhadani is exactly right. If the ship (Iraq) sinks, everyone will sink with it. Everyone in Iraq, and everyone in the United States. Meanwhile, the only people on lifeboats will be Al Qaeda and Iran. If we pull out of Iraq, Al Qaeda, and even more importantly, Iran, will have one overwhelming victories in the region, which is something we can absolutely not afford during this war against islamofascists.
"The Parliament, government, and the people are all the same - they are all in the same ship which, if it sinks, will make everyone sink."
This is true, and will remain so until Iraq can be secured. We cannot pull out for this reason alone - doing so would abandon millions of people to the likes of Al Qaeda and Iran, both of which plan on implementing tyrannical regimes in Iraq with puppet governments loyal only to one of the two groups of jihadists.
There are many, many reasons not to pull out of Iraq. But, since liberals rely on the touchy-feely, and can understand "sadness" more than any other feeling, they should realize the sheer horror that would be faced by the US pulling out of Iraq. The Iraqi parliament is able to display feats of strength like this. Meeting in defiance, on a Muslim holy day, Sunni leaders speaking out against Sunni jihadists (Al Qaeda), and vowing to fight against terrorism is an important first step.
Yet the Iraqi government does not yet have enough centralized authority to be able to effectively combat these terrorists and jihadists who blow up their government buildings. Without the US presence, Iraq would turn into a civil war, and into a cesspool from which only Al Qaeda or Iran could emerge victorious. The fact is, pulling out now would be suicidal to the Iraqi government, more importantly to the Iraqi people, and most importantly to US national security (and by connection, OUR people.)