Poland and Norway firm their resolve to stay, and even the United Nations announces it will return to Iraq.
The Spanish exit from the battlefield of Iraq in the Global War on Terror speaks ill of the Iberians, but Spain’s ignoble retreat already looks like but a minor Al Qaeda victory.
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski has announced that now Polish forces will stay in Iraq “as long as needed, plus one day longer.” (*)
Norway has announced that it also intends to stay the course in Iraq. (†)
Even the United Nations is now readying its return to Iraq after pulling up stakes last summer following the barbaric attack on its Iraqi headquarters. (‡)
Finally, there is the Iraqi people. They will stand and fight for their own freedom. Never underestimate the people of Iraq.
Come June 30, Iraqis will enjoy self-government again—this time forever. The transition will expose to all Al Qaeda’s endless quest for mass murder in Iraq and elsewhere as the anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, anti-West, anti-freedom, illegitimate, barbaric, criminal undertaking that it is. The next few months may well be a tough ride, but the goal is now in sight. The civilized world—both Christian and Muslim—is working together to defeat terror. We can and will succeed.