Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi

I read in the news today that U.S. military forces in Iraq killed Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. I'm glad the slime bag is dead. I feel he was a misguided fanatic who actually hurt the people he thought he was helping. In terms of the impact on the war on terror, it'll provide a little moral boost to those that are fighting the war. I doubt however that'll much impact on those he lead. We'll have to keep on hitting these fanatics and make it quite clear that we intend to fight the war on terror for the long haul. One of the big differences between the West and these fanatics is they have a very different sense of time. I remember going to a course that helped explain Middle Eastern culture. A speaker told us of a person she knew. Her friend told her of all these horrible things that were done to his family. It sounded like it had just recently happened. The speaker asked her friend when this was done. He answered honestly that it was THREE CENTURIES AGO! These fanatics undoubtedly believe that they can outwait us and given our sense of time, they could be right to our misfortune. I suspect that the war on terror will be like the Cold War. It is going to be a long hard slog. We'll see if the American people have the courage and persistence to win this war like they did the Cold War.