The Laughing Wolf

The Desperation Shows

The increase in number and type of attacks comes as no surprise to anyone who has been studying the situation. From SDB to the pages of Winds of Change, it was discussed and it only means one thing: the opposition is on the ropes.

Hitting them hard, taking out leadership, and generally showing them that they are finished is bringing out last-gasp desperation. They are counting on trouble to drive the Coalition of the Willing out, as it has worked elsewhere before. They are hoping that all the inconvenience will make the population rise up. I hope they are right.

I hope the Iraqi people will rise up, rise right up and deal with these people for themselves. I hope that they get tired of no power, no water, food problems, and everything else that the die-hards and outside fighters are causing, and will report them, disown them, and even kill them. The die-hards are used to the Iraqi people being easily manipulated sheep, but the sheep have looked up. They have looked up, out, and around and while it will take generations to achieve the change that they and we desire, it is starting.

With their help, coalition troops can and will arrest or destroy those who want to bring back the glory days, the days when the people were mere slaves and objects. With their help, repairs can be made, order restored, and services provided. With the help of the Iraqi people, the schools can and will begin the long process of eradicating the lies and ignorance in which they have been held.

It will not be an easy road, but nothing truly worthwhile is ever easy. This point will be missed by The Media, opposition politicians, and enemies of peace and growth ranging from France to North Korea. Or at least it will be missed in public. In private, they are as scared as those still loyal to the Butcher of Baghdad. That is why some countries are sending fighters and providing support to troublemakers in Iraq. That is why they do everything they can to obstruct, obfuscate, and otherwise be pains in the process. The thought of a future in which pain, terror, and ignorance are reduced or eliminated is a direct threat to them.

Yet, to those who do think the writing is indeed on the wall. It says those opposed to change, to growth, and to ultimate true peace are desperate. Good.

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