This is why we're in Iraq. We're drawing out the terrosist in a hostile environment.
Where my wife works, where my chidlren play, this is not where I want to draw out the terrorists. In the subways of London, the streets of Spain, this is not where I want to draw out the terrorists. In the nightclubs of Indonesia, this is not where I want to draw out the terrorists.
And this is why we must fight this war. I will be the first to agree, Iraq isnt the best place to do it. But from a startegic perspective it is a good place to go.
Like I said, this is a war that will be fought regardless of whether we want to or not. Much like the criminal who preys on his victim. You can choose to be or not be a target of a criminal. You can however choose how to react to the situation.
We have chosen to fight the war they want to fight on their territory and not ours. Thats the best we can do. America didnt pay the terrorists to crash planes into our buildings so we could do this. This is something they did themselves, and now we must choose.
Fight them there, or fight them here.
What really, really scares me is how many people would prefer to have the terrorists on our own soil and fight them here. Because thats exactly what the anti-war protestors are saying. Do not fight them there, let them come here.
That fuckin scares me.
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.S. Special Forces Kill No. 2 Terrorist in Iraq
Monday, September 26, 2005
WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Forces killed Al Qaeda's (search) No. 2 terror mastermind in Iraq (search), Defense Department officials said.
FOX News has confirmed that Abu Azzam (search), who was believed to have been in charge of the financing of terrorist cells in the war-torn country, was killed during a raid in Baghdad early Monday morning Iraq time. Azzam is thought to be the top deputy to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search), Iraq's most wanted terrorist.
Azzam is the latest in a series of top Zarqawi deputies that have been killed or captured by coalition forces in recent months. Zarqawi's Al Qaeda in Iraq (search) group has taken responsibility for some of the country's most horrific acts of terror including car bombings, kidnappings and beheadings of Iraqi civilians and westerners.
Earlier this month Zarqawi, a Sunni Muslim, pledged war on Iraqi Shiites in response to the U.S. and Iraqi military offensive on the town of Tal Afar near the Syrian border.
The U.S. military said it is continuing to make progress dismantling Zarqawi's operations. Officials credit much of the success to the increasing number of tips coming from Iraqi civilians. A top U.S. commander in northwestern region of the country said that 80 percent the terror network has been affected by coalition operations in his region.