Watching these jihadists takes me back to the Vietnam war, and here’s how. We were carpet-bombing the hell out of Hanoi with great success. We were to learn the extent of this success unfortunately years and years later. The VC were in the midst of surrender when we suddenly put an end to the campaign and decided to “talk” with the VC. We were on the verge of victory but lost the nerve and blinked. Fast forward to 2006. Again we’re engaged in another war where those opposed to it are demanding we talk with the enemy. The jihadists themselves are unhinged at the division in their own ranks and what are we discussing? Surrender. We’re on the path to victory but yet again political forces in this nation want to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. AQ mad at Hamas, Hamas mad at Fatah, the Saudi’s wary of the Iranians, the moderate Lebanese angry with Hezbo and Syria, Christians and secular govts. of Somalia and Ethiopia standing up to Islamic militias, sunni vs Shia, and the Kurds moving on with their hard-fought freedom. The West is fractured, yes, but the Islamic world is teetering on the verge of all-out massive volcanic eruptions. Now is the time for keeping the pressure on, not letting up to avoid the spill-over. We need to take the lid off and let the contents boil over. It’s time now, not later, and for another very important reason; nukes. If we keep putting a band-aid on this sore, it will become infected and spread. An eruption with nuke capabilities is scary, scary for the world not just the region. If the eruption occurs now we can at least be assured(almost 100 percent)the smoke, ash, and fire won’t be of the glowing variety…….

ritethinker on December 23, 2006 at 3:17 PM