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Letter from C'Ville

Our Charlottesville Correspondent is up in arms this morning:

Does anyone agree that it is now time to stop worrying so much about Moqtada al-Sadr's shrine, in which he is hiding weapons (perhaps like these), and start kicking ass and taking names? Or perhaps we should continue to pussy-foot around this issue as well, and continue to get our soldiers, Iraqis, and other killed by these "insurgents" while trying to figure out a nice, inoffensive way to blow up a mosque.

Now that Sarin is in the picture, can mustard and other hideous weapons be
far behind? And where do you think they will store those weapons?

Pardon my tone, but why haven't we realized that we have made the friends
we are going to make, and our job is to kill, not convince, but kill, the
enemies of those friends so the friends can live decently?

Or perhaps I am just a poor, dumb old southern boy with no real
appreciation for the subtleties of our situation in Iraq.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33082-2004May17.html

I like the straight-forward thinking.

Perhaps it's time we made clear to the Arab world that in a fight between the Arab world and the United States, the United States wins. It is only our virtues that prevent us from an outright romp.

In particular, when confronting the menace of Wahabiism, (or should I say, the fag-killing, babe-hating, liberty-crushing menace of Wahabbiism -- and I use those slurs purposefully), I am growing increasingly drawn to victory over all other considerations.

Or, in the words of Churchill:

"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. "

I strongly support our Western freedoms -- from the most advanced to those most taken for granted -- from gay marriage to women's right to vote -- and abhor those who oppose these freedoms.

Wahhabiism is our enemy.

Wahhabiism is our villain.

Wahhabiism is the denial of our freedoms, our values, our culture, our liberty.

We must defeat it. We must kill, maim, and incapicitate its supporters.

We must, for the good of our world and the good of our future genrations, defeat it in all its forms, flavors, and environments.

We must achieve victory.