Liberation Day?

Well, the Iraqi government has declared June 30 their Liberation Day as American troops are now being withdrawn from Iraq, a long anticipated day for many throughout our nation and the world. Now the moment or period of bewilderment or worry begins. Will the Iraqi forces by themselves be able to keep law and order in their country without U.S. troops having to come and bail them out? The contention no doubt will continue as pundits both left and right will constantly debate whether the withdrawing of troops was or is a sound action or will it just eventually lead to disaster. Is it just a house of cards that is destined for a fall? If disaster does arise, does that mean America did not win the war, at least in that particular country of Iraq?


We shall see how liberated they have really become; and it may not take that long to find out, particularly--as my biggest worry or fear has been--since that terrorist cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Iranian-backed Mahdi army is still running free. Still running free like the vicious dog that he is, ready to wreak murderous havoc where he can. Should have been deposed as well as Saddam Hussein; and since that did not happen; and since he (and not only he but other parts of the insurgency as well) saw or perceived that taking on the U.S. military was futile, he simply burrowed himself in some hole somewhere, and is probably just biding his time until the "coast" becomes clear.

Remains to be seen what will transpire; and while our brave troops continue to bravely fight in Afghanistan, particularly the Marines in Operation Strike of the Sword, the questions still arise in my mind as to why the U.S. did not do more to confront Iran when it was known that they were not only backing terrorist armies such as Mahdi, but also providing the deadly roadside bombs known as IED's. Why we continued to allow them to kill or maim our troops like that withhout answering with our own deadly force still remains an enigma to me. We as a country debated long and hard about how Iran should be dealt with, particularly whether their nuclear sites should have been taken out. It seemed we had the biggest chance while President Bush was still in office. Seemed like an opportunity squandered in retrospect.

Still, seems like when it comes to dealing with countries such as Iran, we seem to back down. It seems like the U.S.--unfortunately--has had quite a long history of it. So what do we do if we really want to claim that we really won this war in the Middle East? Although the fighting is still going on in Afghanistan, I know we have taken care of business in Iraq. I believe we've done all we possibly have been able to do. No regrets. If our government had just told us, the public, from the beginning that we were going over there (both in Iraq, Afghanistan, or wherever) to eliminate the enemy. If they would have just told us that in the first place, that would have been alright by me. I didn't care about hospitals and schools being built. Didn't want to hear ad nauseum that women were freed from wearing burkas and girls were able to go to school for the first time. Don't care. Don't care. Just. . . kill. . . the enemy.

But as far as winning this war, when is the last time just about everyone, including the socialistic press, admitted that America actually did win a war. Wasn't that WWII? And what weapon was ultimately used to win that war. . . Wasn't it the atomic bomb? I would like to delve in that subject more deeply, but I am short on time. I would just like to end this blog with a salute to our nation's fighting men and women, as without their efforts we would not be able to continually celebrate our nation's birthday. . . July the 4th. A happy 4th to you.