Saturday, December 20, 2003

Military expected more attacks after Saddam's capture. The Iraqi Ba`thists may get more out of control, and the Bin Ladenites and other Sunni (and possibly Shi`ite) fundamentalists may feel less reluctant to align themselves with the Ba`thists (because Saddam personally was particularly hated by all the fundamentalists). So while Howard Dean says that we are not safer after Saddam's capture, we may, in fact, become far less safe as the mess of Iraq gets worse, and as the enemies of the US gravitate toward the Iraq scene. In fact, a website loyal to the Bin Ladenites, published yesterday a document about Iraq in which it praised the fall of the regime mainly for two reasons: 1) that it would bring a decline in the appeal of Arab nationalist (infidel) ideology; and 2) because it will provide an opportunity for their followers to face the Americans over there. Those of us who opposed this Iraq war we right all along. All our warnings will be proven to be correct.