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Do you remember the photograph of the Taliban funeral?  The chance that wasn’t taken… because our PC culture dictates that we don’t fire on cemeteries and funerals?   How about this thought

America is at war with al Qaeda — on that surely we can agree — and we know that al Qaeda has bases in Pakistan. In fact, it is probable that Osama bin Laden resides at one of those bases. But we can’t fight al Qaeda in Pakistan because Pakistan is an ally, and America does not violate the territorial integrity of its allies.

This from an article by Cliff May at NRO, talking about where we fight.  He talks about Somalia, and Lebanon, and Gaza.  All places where we know that al Qaeda operates, but where we don’t go for various reasons.  May mentions Europe as well

Al Qaeda cells operate in Europe. But it is problematic for American operatives to kill or capture terrorists there: To do so sparks allegations from the “human rights community” and the media about violations of international law, torture and secret prisons. Also, as has happened in Italy, it can lead to criminal prosecutions of Americans thought to be involved. So America’s ability to fight al Qaeda in Europe is limited.

We have a political culture that is increasingly bent over for every whining PC complaint, and an entire political party (and often half of another one) that is so spineless on the one hand, and power seeking-belly button gazing on the other, it leaves me speechless when people like Harry Reid criticize people like General Peter Pace and proclaim that the war is lost… and except for bloggers and talk radio, most of America doesn’t seem to care.

May continues

But many politicians, looking at polls showing Americans fatigued by a war that was not supposed to be so prolonged or arduous, now favor withdrawing from Iraq — retreating from the battlefield al Qaeda calls the central front in their jihad against us.

If this is where members of Congress want to go, they ought to be honest about where it leads: Al Qaeda will still be waging a war against us, but we will no longer be waging much of a war against al Qaeda.

Almost a decade ago, Osama bin Laden said that Americans were “unprepared to fight long wars.” Secure in his Pakistani redoubt, he must be pleased that his analysis is proving so uncannily accurate.

The best answer I have to those politicians is not anything I can write, rather it is something Andrew Olmsted, one of our fighting men wrote

It pleases me to no end that if I end up getting killed in Iraq, at least my wife can take comfort in knowing my death may help the Democrats win the White House in 2008. Really, that makes it all worthwhile.

Shame on you all!

(Andrew Olmsted is an Army Major currently getting ready to depart for Iraq and blogging now at Rocky Mountain News.  Read his stuff.)