The Next Two Weeks Could Determine Iraqs Future

With Fallujah surrounded and U.S. administrators declaring an Iraqi cleric an outlaw the next couple of weeks could very well determine the future of Iraq if not the entire War On Terror.

The main point that Islamic radicals have been trying to make is that if you make the Americans bleed enough that they'll go back home. The problem is of course that in this case, it is not a viable option for the Americans. In Mogadishu nothing was directly as stake. Same goes for Lebanon or any of the other examples where Islamic radicals attacked Americans.

Whether you agree with the American invasion or not, it must be accepted that if Iraq was to desend into a fundamentalist pit, the future of the West becomes that much bleaker.

If the American public demands a retreat from Iraq, the War On Terror is lost. It is really that simple. If Iraq falls, America goes home leaving others to pick up the fight. Unfortunately in this case there is no one else to pick up the fight.

America must prove that it will fight. Not just fight, but to be ruthless with those who opposes it.

The people who cheered the charred bodies last week, who celebrated their deaths, must know what it is like to be on the wrong side of history. These people have for too long benefitted from American generosity, whether delivering food, building hospitals, whatever. If the people of Falujah wish to
oppose America in Iraq, they must suffer because of it.

It may seem harsh but if America does not prove its resolve and fast, it may just lose the War On Terror. That is something I simply don't want to contemplate.