Before Congress adjourned last week on another of its lengthy holidays,
Speaker Nancy Pelosi repeated a phrase she has previously used about the war
in Iraq. She again referred to it as "the Bush policy of unending war in
Iraq."
She got it partly right. It is an unending war, at least until one side
vanquishes the other side. There will be no truce in this war; no "38th
Parallel" as with the two Koreas. This war will be unending, not because of
the "Bush policy," but because of the Islamofascists whose jihad they
believe is a direct order from their "compassionate and merciful" God. Some
compassion; some mercy.
Were the dominant surrender wing of the Democratic Party to have its way,
American troops would immediately come home, causing all of Iraq to devolve
into murderous chaos. There would be religious retribution against those who
not only worship differently from the majority, but also the murder of
"collaborators," meaning those who voted, assisted in the writing of Iraq's
constitution and helped the U.S. while trying to help themselves.
As the Pentagon reportedly drafts scenarios related to U.S. troop
withdrawal, the enemy plans for victory. Al-Qaida's number two (an
appropriate designation for those who can remember junior high humor), Ayman
al-Zawahiri, has urged his supporters to extend the "holy war" to other
Middle Eastern countries. Zawahiri sent a letter to the leader of al-Qaida
in Iraq, claiming al-Qaida is defeating U.S. forces and urging followers to
expand their campaign of terror. Clearly, Zawahiri sees this as an unending
war. He is not planning a pullback of his forces, but urging them on.
In Lebanon, a country that until last summer's disastrous war between Israel
and Hezbollah had enjoyed a level of peace and prosperity, Islamic forces in
the siege at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp reportedly have spent months
digging underground bunkers in advance of an anticipated battle they promise
will last "two years or more." The Sunday Telegraph reports Shihab
al-Qaddour, the deputy leader of the Fatah al Islam group (another number
two), said his band of several hundred "battle-hardened" fighters had built
extensive subterranean fortifications. Fatah's military commander is quoted
as saying his group is "ready to blow up every place in Lebanon."
Unending.