July 28, 2003
For a second time from
For a second time from the National Post (sans computer crash) Iraq looms as terrorist magnet: U.S.:
Iraq has become a "terrorist magnet" for guerrilla fighters wanting to attack U.S. troops, a senior American general said yesterday following the fifth death of a soldier in 24 hours.
"We've got terrorist activity, we've got former regime leadership, we have criminals and we have some hired assassins that are attacking our soldiers on a daily basis," said Army Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of ground forces in Iraq.
"This is what I would call a terrorist magnet, where America, being present here in Iraq, creates a target of opportunity, if you will."
First, to give credit where credit is due. David Warren articulated this as a strategy July 5 in his essay Flypaper:
The U.S. occupation of Iraq has done more to destabilize Iran than the ayatollahs could hope to do in Iraq; and then something. This "something" has befuddled the various "experts" on regional security, trapped within their Pavlovian assumptions. They notice that the U.S. forces in Iraq have become a new magnet for regional terrorist activity. They assume this demonstrates the foolishness of President Bush's decision to invade. (Emphasis added)
And, only last February, Osama bin Laden released a tape which declared his partnership with Iraq and urged resistance to US forces and occupation by the faithful.
A senior Bush administration official who listened to the tape said that, if authentic, "At best it is a terrorist making common cause with a brutal dictator and at worst it demonstrates a burgeoning alliance of terror."
Read "Flypaper" by David Warren again, and ask yourself: If self-styled jihadists and terrorists weren't in Iraq, where would they be now and what would they be doing?
Never doubt the sincerity of people like me who voice their gratitude and respect for the brave men and women in Iraq. They are protecting all of us from terrorist attacks by "bringing it on" themselves and being the targets as well as the hunters.
God bless them and keep them.
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Iraq has become a "terrorist magnet" for guerrilla fighters wanting to attack U.S. troops, a senior American general said yesterday following the fifth death of a soldier in 24 hours.
"We've got terrorist activity, we've got former regime leadership, we have criminals and we have some hired assassins that are attacking our soldiers on a daily basis," said Army Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of ground forces in Iraq.
"This is what I would call a terrorist magnet, where America, being present here in Iraq, creates a target of opportunity, if you will."
First, to give credit where credit is due. David Warren articulated this as a strategy July 5 in his essay Flypaper:
The U.S. occupation of Iraq has done more to destabilize Iran than the ayatollahs could hope to do in Iraq; and then something. This "something" has befuddled the various "experts" on regional security, trapped within their Pavlovian assumptions. They notice that the U.S. forces in Iraq have become a new magnet for regional terrorist activity. They assume this demonstrates the foolishness of President Bush's decision to invade. (Emphasis added)
And, only last February, Osama bin Laden released a tape which declared his partnership with Iraq and urged resistance to US forces and occupation by the faithful.
A senior Bush administration official who listened to the tape said that, if authentic, "At best it is a terrorist making common cause with a brutal dictator and at worst it demonstrates a burgeoning alliance of terror."
Read "Flypaper" by David Warren again, and ask yourself: If self-styled jihadists and terrorists weren't in Iraq, where would they be now and what would they be doing?
Never doubt the sincerity of people like me who voice their gratitude and respect for the brave men and women in Iraq. They are protecting all of us from terrorist attacks by "bringing it on" themselves and being the targets as well as the hunters.
God bless them and keep them.
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