Just keep killin' 'em

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - a man notorious for his ruthlessness - has been tasked by Osama bin Laden to attack the United States. Many see this as a widening, deepening of the war on terrorism and as proof we are losing in Iraq. I think it shows the opposite.

While our failure to catch these two madmen is certainly a failure, it is a failure of our intelligence agencies. These agencies, as we know, were gutted by the likes of Robert Toricelli. Toricelli was concerned that we might get our hands dirty trying to infiltrate terror and drug gangs; that a few US dollars might be slipped into the hands of unsavory characters for information. Toricelli and his ilk thought that we could use Donny Osmond to infiltrate al Qaeda. You know, a couple of free concerts and he’s in. Well, we are where we are. It’ll be years, maybe decades before we grow the kind of undercover operatives necessary to get close to kind of rascals we are trying to kill.

That said what does it say when they want to turn their terror efforts toward the US homeland? It means they are failing in Iraq. The military principal of mass dictates that you have only one main effort. That effort is where you place the overwhelming portion of your assets money, men and material. That Osama is asking Zarqawi to redirect his efforts toward the US homeland indicates that he is tired of beating his head against well armed, well trained and led forces at the ready. Instead, he prefers the Besaln type attacks that garner huge headlines at a relatively low cost.

The list of “soft” targets in the US is endless. Short of arming every able-bodied man, it is impossible to protect them all. The corollary to the principle of mass is to try to be strong everywhere is to be strong nowhere. The answer is to stay on the hunt. Find the weasels where they live and kill them. Find them where they play and kill them. Find where they eat and kill them. Keep killing them no matter what the New York Times and Libs say. Just keep killing the bastards.

Watch what the Lib reaction is when a movie theater or mall is attacked. First, they will blame the president. Had he just stayed out of Iraq we wouldn’t have had this. Next, rather than arming responsible citizens, Libs will call for the complete ban of the sale of fire arms. Last, they will turn to UN authority, abrogating American sovereignty, in order to try to strike a deal with the responsible terrorists.