Blogger has been out and it's been driving me crazy not to be able to post some stuff. Here goes.
Powerline has this:
Our friend Tom Bevan of Real Clear Politics wrote to point out this excellent analysis of the impact of Zarqawi's demise by Peter Wehner. Here are a couple of excerpts:
What happened in Iraq yesterday was not only a severe blow to al Qaeda and Islamic fascism, it was also an important moral moment. A man of almost incomprehensible cruelty and savagery has met his end; his days of orchestrating murders, beheadings, car bombings, and assassinations are over.The death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi also underscores the difficulty al Qaeda terrorists have been encountering in Iraq. Most of the media narrative about Iraq has been on the difficulties the United States faces. Those difficulties are real -- but they are far from the full story. What goes almost unnoticed is the enormous series of body blows our enemies have sustained. We have by now intercepted several key communications among terrorists in Iraq over the years -- and we keep learning about their despair at the progress of democracy and their unhappiness with the course of events.
The death of Mr. Zarqawi will add immeasurably to their troubles.
In other words, we are kicking ass and have been for a while. This aint a tv movie folks, it's a real war, and real wars take time.
But in the ongoing bizarre world of the lefties we hear this is all a stunt. And it isn't from the looney KosKids either. Powerline has this as well:
Earlier today, we noted the bizarre reactions of most of the Democrats who post at Democratic Underground to the news of Zarqawi's death. It would be easy to dismiss those comments as the ravings of a few fringe lunatics, except that there are so many of them. Actually, though, the DU posters aren't too far out of sync with some of their party's elected leaders, as the Washington Times notes in "Democrats call Zarqawi killing a stunt":
Some Democrats, breaking ranks from their leadership, today said the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi in Iraq was a stunt to divert attention from an unpopular and hopeless war."This is just to cover Bush's [rear] so he doesn't have to answer" for Iraqi civilians being killed by the U.S. military and his own sagging poll numbers, said Rep. Pete Stark, California Democrat. "Iraq is still a mess -- get out."
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Democrat, said Zarqawi was a small part of "a growing anti-American insurgency" and that it's time to get out.
"We're there for all the wrong reasons," Mr. Kucinich said.
No good news should be news for these guys, right?
And finally Michelle brings us even more good news :
#2 most wanted terrorist Jamal Abu Samhadana: Killed by Israeli airstrike today
Bam. Plus: 17 other raids.
Powerline also has pictures of Iraqis celebrating Zarqawi's death.
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