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12/27/2006 Entry:
Turning-the-Tide Strategy
Exit strategy? Yes, we need to get out of Iraq, but no, we do not want an exit strategy, which implicates us as losers, thus emboldening terrorist groups. How do we get out of Iraq not as victors - an impossibility at this point - but in a manner that puts America in a positive light in the eyes of Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East? With a turning-the-tide strategy that starts with a Middle East Conference.
There is no way to win. There is no way to achieve victory. U.S. planned to get rid of Saddam Hussein and this was accomplished. We got a little too ambitious and decided we would transform Iraq society, and the current civil war is the result. Now, the best thing we can do for Iraq is leave.
Leaving, however, will be interpreted by terrorist groups, and even by mainstream Muslims, as American failure. Osama bin Laden would be worshipped as the man who defied America, the one who made the heretics flee, the Muslim leader who made all Arabs proud to be Muslims. Terrorism would become more accepted, more natural, more prevalent in the Arab world.
The terrorists would achieve a huge propaganda victory. We don't want this. We want a propaganda victory for America. One way to achieve a propaganda victory is by calling a conference of all Iraq's neighbors. The purpose for this Middle East Conference should NOT be to ask these Arab states to help us in Iraq. This approach is filled with negative connotations. No, America is calling the conference because we want to help the Arab states get rid of a cancer in their society: terrorism.
I visualize a conference of 4 parts:
- OSAMA BIN LADEN: SATAN'S HENCHMAN - Many Muslims consider Osama bin Laden and other terrorists as being highly religious. They are not. They have hijacked Islam for the purpose of making themselves powerful. Those that kill themselves, thereby killing others, are not martyrs, but sinners. The Koran specifically says that taking one's life is a sin. Those, like Osama, who urge others to kill, are not holy. They are murderers. On 9/11, Osama murdered people from 62 different countries
- OSAMA'S GOAL: OBLITERATION OF MAINSTREAM ISLAM - Osama keeps telling the world that he wants to destroy U.S. because it is filled with heretics. He does this prmarily to build up his stature, since Arabs get a kick out of knowing that somebody is fighting the powerful Americans. But his real goal is to obliterate mainstream Islam, which is tolerant and seeks peace, and substitute an Islamic dictatorship. You can get an inkling of what the dictatorship would be like when you see Osama pronouncing who should die and who should not - acting as though he were God
- MUSLIMS MUST DEFEAT OSAMA HERESY - Osama and the other terrorist organizations are the biggest problem facing the Middle East. They are destroying Arab life, Arab religion, Arab culture. Arab countries must work together to get Al Qaeda warriors out of Iraq and help make Iraq a peaceful and prosperous country. They must do the same in other Arab countries as well
- U.S. WILL HELP IN THIS ENDEAVOR - U.S. will leave Iraq and allow its neighbors to help it become a modern country. It will be available to help Arabs militarily, economically and in any other way Arab countries deem appropriate
The Middle East Conference would be the beginning of a great campaign to achieve understanding between Middle East countries and the U.S. It would be an effort to turn the tide in favor of a more peaceful and prosperous Middle East and world.
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