Comments on: Ding, Dong!

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:21:57 +0000

I read a lot of blogs, a lot of newspapers, including non-united states ones.
Also, I studied the history of the region.

I keep my positions, can’t see it as the end of the violence over there.

I’ll be glad if I’ll be proven wrong.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:44:20 +0000

Read the post linking to the Iraqi blogger – I think there’s more hope than you realize, Roland.

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:34:19 +0000

I am afraid, that we of the civilized west, tend to think, that almost everyone living to the west is a primitive goat-herder.

I bet that they can find at least two.

But as the problem in Iraq is not only and exclusively the al-quaeda, but intertribal and interreligious conflicts going back hundreds of years, even if they can’t find anyone half-as good, and al-quaeda drops out of the picture, there still will be a lot of bloodshed until the situation stabilizes.

Just look at Afghanistan.

Sorry, but I can’t be optimistic in this case.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:56:30 +0000

Roland, you may be overlooking the fact that they may not have another person of his”talents” – such as they were – in their organization.

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 08:56:15 +0000

Diva, I am afraid that looking back on the last couple hundred years, Al-quaed funded and fueled already existing and violent sectarian differences.

Ok, lets say Zarqawi was a big hit, and it will take a couple of months for the al-quada to get someone else to the same level, but I don’t think it will stop this war.

By: Blue Star Chronicles

Blue Star Chronicles — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:48:29 +0000

Another One Bites the Dust…

HereÂ’s how IÂ’m reading this. Zarqawi was awakened this morning by the demons of hell …… He was delivered to the demons of hell by the United States of America Armed Forces. HOOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!…

By: Gaius

Gaius — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:47:37 +0000

Hey, Diva, good to have you back.

By: Diva

Diva — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:31:16 +0000

Roland much of the sectarian violence was fueled and funded by al-qaeda. A few weeks ago he sent out a “memo” encouraging sunnis to slaughter shias, etc. Anyways, al-zarqawi is definately not a minor hit – my husband works at CENTCOM and I can tell you that Zarqawi’s early demise is a very good sign of an imminent demise of al-qaeda funding and fighting in Iraq. As someone metioned earlier in the thread comment – funding was attached to al-zarqawi and it will definately be disrupted.

By: blogenfreude

blogenfreude — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:45:16 +0000

Good news, but I'm sure they've already got his clone ready to go.

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:19:23 +0000

He’s dead.
Good to know

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:50:20 +0000

That smiley icon is too happy.

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:47:39 +0000

Don’t know.
All the press I read was applauding the event, plus pointing out that “however, his importance has been decreasing since the last summer…”.
It really did, but no worries, as Hurrican pointed out, there will be a new leader soon.
Just look at the talibans.

Also, please note, that the majority of attacks in iraq are not al-Qaida attacks, but religious and sectarian issues, shiite and sunni extremes killing off shiite and sunni people.

That thread won’t be affected by the killing of Zarqawi or even Osama.

But, it’s only an opinion.

By: Ninth State » One Down

Ninth State » One Down — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:41:24 +0000

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By: Gaius

Gaius — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:32:52 +0000

I don’t think he was minor, he was an important figure to the terrorists. Losing a big, visible leader is a blow to an underground organiztion.

It sounds pretty definite, Roland.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:30:54 +0000

You may indeed have hit it right on the head. They are likely to have had their money and organizational coordination disrupted by this. US forces would simply re-direct around the damage, virtually seamlessly. The difference between cutting the head off a snake versus trying to cut the head off a hydra.