Zarqawi is Dead!

Yay! Zarqawi is dead. I know that it is in poor taste to revel in the death of another human being but Zarqawi barely qualifies. He was a world class piece of shit. Anybody who thinks that the actions of our troops and Zarqawi's Al Qaeda are in any way relevant is an idiot. I don't mean that as polemic. I mean you are seriously stupid and need to reassess your capability to understand the world. I'm really happy. This guy had it coming. The only thing that I regret it that it's likely he got it too quickly. This man needed to look into the eyes of his executioner. The man deserved to be very scared before he died.

This what will happen in Iraq: terrorism will increase for the next 6-8 months as the remainder of the insurgency seek to find a new leader as well as prove they are still capable of coordinated attacks. After that, it will begin to taper off until violence reaches an acceptable level meaning that it can be controlled by the locals. This should take around a couple of years. Zarqawi was a logistics man and that's not easy to find in Arab populations. He unique combination of attributes made him the ideal leader for the insurgency. The insurgency's strength was in his perceived invincibility. Like the Boxer Rebellion, once the truth of lead is laid on the table, bullshit rhetoric goes out the window. His middle level managers will try to take over but they will fail much like Alexander's companions could not keep his lands together. They will be killed off and then the insurgency will find less and less support among the populace.

I'm blown away by some of the reactions. Some people simply can't be happy for our Country or anything that might remotely benefit our President. That's sad. That's taking a national security issue and making it a political one. It's like those PETA folks who think they are being brave by terrorizing chefs who serve foie gras. I don't see them picketing the dogfights or cockfights or any of the criminal activities that involve animals. Oh, those guys don't listen and they might hit back. I will eat foie gras until the day I die and I will fight anyone who denies me the right. But these folks who need to politicize Zarqawi's death are cut from the same PETA cloth. They protest the USGOV because the USGOV will listen and not make any moves against them. I don't see Cindy Sheehan going to Iraq to protest the Sunni insurgency. Spoiled cowards and they make me sick.

But today is a great day in the GWOT. Zarqawi is dead. I'm going to have a drink to toast TF 145.