Oily Mess

What does Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death mean? A couple of months ago I watched the movie Munich. After seeing the movie I did a little internet research on the 1972 Olympic assassination incident. I was only one year old at the time so I obviously don't remember any of it. One of the things that was disturbing about Israel's futile attempt to eliminate terrorist leaders was how each leader that the small group hunted down with success, was eventually replaced by someone just as bad if not worse. When I heard of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death on Thursday, this was the first thing that came to mind. Who will be his replacement? We all know there is a general feeling amongst the public that our efforts in Iraq are indeed futile. Does that mean we stop? Of course not. At the safe house in Baquba where Zarqawi was killed, there were suicide jackets found. So it is obvious what they were up to. There will be Al-queda retaliation to follow for sure. These terrorist do not fear their own death. Now Abu Musab al-Zarqawi will be a martyr and a hero amongst them.
One question that comes to mind is did we bring Zarqawi to Iraq or would he have been there anyway? What you will hear from the liberals is that if we were not in Iraq, then Zarqawi would not be their killing their civilians. So we made him do what he was doing anyway. One thing that was slightly encouraging is that Iraq civilians helped with the intelligence that led to his death. My overall assessment is that Left or Right, Dem or Rep, you need to see that we can't leave Iraq yet. If the terrorist are convincing the American public that we need to get out, think of how fast they will be able to get involved in Iraqi government, and prevent any type of democracy from forming. Leading right back to a terrorist regime no better than Suddams. I hate that we are loosing our solders in Iraq. If you think that our interest there is just Oil, the war has only led to less oil production. There is more at stake here. Even if you feel the president lied to get us there, it doesn't matter. Al-queda is there. We need to be there. Imagine Iraq as a democracy. As the worlds 3rd largest oil producer at 115 billion barrels, think of the society they could have. There are some who say Iraq could have as much as 400 million barrels that is yet untapped. Currently because of the war, Iraq does not even meet its own demand for oil. So the war is not helping American oil supply's at all. If we just walked away and let the insurgents take control, install another dictatorship, they would quickly get the supply back up. But that's not the answer.