War is a tragic exercise. But when fighting an enemy willing to massacre their own people, especially children, to destroy us then war is inevitable and cannot be avoided. The Islamo Fascists know no bounds in their fight for world domination. They are a cancer of humanity which must be destroyed.

The pathetically naive will say there is no difference between the US military actions and al-Qaeda’s. At a simple minded level that may seem true. But we have two recent incidents in Iraq where children died and were injured to indicate such simple mindedness is not reality. One incident was caused by US forces and the other by al-Qaeda. But there is an important difference for anyone not so mentally lazy as to not take notice:

The attack came the day after U.S. forces killed nine children and six women in an air strike northwest of the capital that targeted suspected senior al Qaeda leaders in an area known as a haven for Islamist militants.

Police Colonel Abbas Mohammed said a would-be suicide bomber pushed the cart into a play area in the predominantly Shi’ite northern town of Tuz Khurmato. He said the bomber was wounded.

The town’s mayor, Mohammed Rasheed, told Reuters two boys aged between 10 and 12 had died and another 17 people under the age of 18 had been wounded in the deadly attack.

A youth with a smashed, bloodied face and mangled hand lay on a hospital bed in the nearby city of Kirkuk after the attack. There was a large pool of blood on the floor.

The actions of the US have been to risk the lives of our people on the ground to protect Iraqis. And we have payed a price in lives and lives permanently changed. Clearly the US bombing that killed the women and children was a horrific accident. One which could cost some people their careers, and rightfully so if it was avoidable.

But the terrorist attack was no accident. It was cold and brutal attempt to use Iraqi children as propanda props. Preferrably dead props. The thinking behind this act is as clear as it is grotesque. Attempting to leverage off our mistake, some animals decided they could blame more children’s deaths on America if they continued to blow up playgrounds. Sadly, it is a gambit that probably would have worked given our media’s biases and tunnel vision. If not for the bombergetting himself injured, the SurrenderMedia and far left would have (or still are) running with the story as a sign of US violence and a indication we need to runaway.

This is a moment of testing character, humanity’s character. The character of the US military is actually doing quite well. They sacrifice all, risk all to succeed in Iraq. They are human and make mistakes, but they are demonstrating the best of humanity in their bravory and sacrifice.

The character of the terrorist is completely opposite. They are depraved, cruel, bloodthirsty facists will would kill children at a blink of an eye. Hiding a bomb among toys to lure kids to their deaths has got to be one of the sickest acts I have ever heard of. There is no equating the two incidents.

The true test is for those caught between these two ends of humanity’s spectrum. The test is now for those back home. Do people side with the military and in opposition with the child killers? Do we side with those Iraqis standing up against the Islamo Fascists? Or do they side with al-Qaeda? Do they sanction and sanctify the atrocities of al Qaeda in the name of giving the US a black eye or to defeat a political opponent? This test is now and clear to everyone in the country. What are we to be as a people is being determined right now, right before our very eyes. Because al Qaeda and our military have provided us crystal clear and opposing choices. We must decide. To waffle is also a choice, a choice to allow al Qaeda to exist and become legitimate. We now must stand up and be counted one way or the other. I side with succeeding in Iraq and destroying the inhuman animals of al-Qaeda and Islamo Fascism. No more bombs tucked inside toys.

Addendum: A strong case for seeing things through to success in Iraq.

By any normal ethical standard, the coalition’s current project in Iraq is a just one. Britain, America and Iraq’s other allies are there as the guests of an elected government given a huge mandate by Iraqi voters under a legitimate constitution. The UN approved the coalition’s role in May 2003, and the mandate has been renewed annually since then, most recently this August. Meanwhile, the other side in this war are among the worst people in global politics: Baathists, the Nazis of the middle east; Sunni fundamentalists, the chief opponents of progress in Islam’s struggle with modernity; and the government of Iran. Ethically, causes do not come much clearer than this one.

So why is it even the blatantly obvious escapes certain people?