A Message I Sent to the Anti-war Left
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I hate the idea that we're having to bomb the cemetery at Najaf and that we may even wind up damaging the mosques there. As much contempt as I have for Islam, I have at least as much for the ruination of History's great places. But the Sadrites have brought this on themselves and their holy of holies. They, as well as everyone else in Iraq, know that this "insurgency" is nothing of the kind; it is murder for murder's sake; it is their psychotic fantasy of reliving the martyrdom of Ali; it is suicide by cop. No matter how wrong you are in believing that the War for Iraq is a mistake, surely you people must concede that these "insurgents" have no legitimate political aspirations. They have no hope of making some place for themselves in a civil Iraq. They have become the vector for Iranian, Syrian, and al-Qaedist intrigue in Iraq, and they have caused thousands of deaths because of it.

I hope the next few days will bring us news of Sadr's death and the total collapse of his stupid Mahdi militias. I sincerely wonder whether any of you shares that hope.