July
11, 2007 -- Pelosi & Reid: Pushing for a pullout
that's sure to yield vast carnage.
EVEN as our
troops make serious progress against al-Qaeda-in-Iraq and other
extremists, Congress - including Republican members - is sending
the terrorists a message: "Don't lose heart, we'll save
you!"
Iraq's a mess.
Got it. The Bush administration has made so many mistakes I
stopped counting a year ago. But we've finally got a general in
Baghdad - Dave Petraeus - who's doing things right. Iraqi
politicians are still disgracing themselves, but our troops are
killing America's enemies - with the help of our former
enemies.
Al-Qaeda-in-Iraq
is suffering a humiliating defeat, as fellow Sunni Muslims turn
against the fanatics and help them find the martyrdom they
advertise. Yet for purely political reasons - next year's
elections - cowards on Capitol Hill are spurning the courage of
our troops on the ground.
The frantic
political gamesmanship in Congress would nauseate a ghoul. Pols
desperate for any cover and concealment they can get have
dragged the Iraq Study Group plan from the grave.
Masterminded by
former Secretary of State Jim "Have Your Hugged Your Saudi
Prince Today?" Baker, the report is a blueprint for a
return to yesteryear's dictator-smooching policy (which helped
create al Qaeda - thanks, Jimbo!).
That Baker
report reminds me of cheap horror films where the zombies just
keep coming back - except that zombies retain a measure of
integrity.
But if
Republicans are rushing to desert our troops and spit on the
graves of heroes, the Democratic Party at least has been
consistent - they've supported our enemies from the start,
undercutting our troops and refusing to explain in detail what
happens if we flee Iraq.
So I'll
tell you what happens: massacres. And while I have nothing
against Shia militiamen and Sunni insurgents killing each other
24/7, the overwhelming number of victims will be innocent women,
children and the elderly.
Bosnia? That
was just rough-necking at recess compared to what Islamist
fanatics and ethnic beasts will do. Given that Senate Majority
Misleader Harry Reid and Commissar of the House Nancy Pelosi
won't tell us what they foresee af- ter we quit, let me lay it
out:
* After
suffering a strategic defeat, al-Qaeda-in-Iraq comes back from
the dead (those zombies again . . .) and gets to declare a
strategic victory over the Great Satan.
* Iran
establishes hegemony over Iraq's southern oil fields and menaces
the other Persian Gulf producers. (Sorry, Comrade Gore, even
that Toyota Prius needs some gasoline . . . )
* Our troops
will have died in vain. Of course, that doesn't really matter to
much of anyone in Washington, Democrat or Republican. So we'll
just write off those young Americans stupid enough to join the
military when they could've ducked out the way most members of
Congress did.
* A slaughter
of the innocents - so many dead, the bodies will never be
counted.
But I hope
somebody tries to count the dead after our Congress kills
them. As for those on the left who sanctimoniously set out rows
of shabby combat boots to "teach" the rest of us the
cost of war, I fully expect them to put out displays of women's
slippers and children's shoes to show the world how many
innocents died when they "brought our troops home
now." (Note to the demonstrators - better start
bulk-ordering those slippers and booties now.)
I hate the
long-mismanaged mess in Iraq. I wish there were a sensible,
decent way to get out that wouldn't undercut our security and
produce massive innocent casualties. But there isn't. Not now.
And, like it or not, we have a moral responsibility as well as
practical interests in refusing to surrender to the butchers in
Iraq.
This has been
the Bush-Cheney War. But it will only be fair to call the
carnage after we run away the "Reid-Pelosi Massacres."
Ralph
Peters' new book, "Wars of Blood and Faith," goes on
sale next week.
