The Weakening American Resolve
April 29th, 2007 by
Senior Editor: Jeff
The Prime Minister of Australia comments on the US Congress’ recent vote to for a timetable in Iraq:
“I think it is wrong, and I don’t think it is doing anything other than giving great comfort and encouragement to Al-Qaeda and the insurgency in Iraq,” Howard said.
“They are looking at all this, they read newspapers, they see it on television and they say, ‘The American domestic resolve is weakening, therefore we should maintain our resolve.’
“If there is a perception of an America defeat in Iraq, that will leave the whole of the Middle East in great turmoil and will be an enormous victory for terrorism.”
Your editor commented on this at length over a month ago:
Our inability to stomach an insurgent war was assumed by al Qaeda 10 years ago. They factored this into their long-term plan.
It would seem that they were right.
Not convinced? Al Jazeera has a piece entitled “US congress backs Iraq pull-out.” I wonder how al Qaeda, the citizens of Iraq, the leadership of Iran, etc. felt when they read that headline?
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