Thursday, December 09, 2004

Stuck in the Middle: Iraq's new government has already started to take a hard line against Iran, giving a stern neighborly warning to stop interfering with the upcoming elections through its support for radically religious candidates with money and a flood of new voters. As we know, Iran has already been a key sponsor to the Iraqi insurgents and their terrorist activities.

At the same time, U.S. officials are finding that Syria is still sending support to the terrorist insurgents in Iraq as well. It seems that two of the worst regimes in the Middle East are doing everything they can to make sure Iraq's new found freedom and democracy don't succeed.

This battle is and always has been a fight against terrorism and its sponsors in the Middle East. And that is why we have to be in it in the long haul to win.