From Michael Yon's experience in Iraq and, particularly, Anbar province:
"Al Qaeda has a management style—doing drugs, laying up sloppy drunk, raping women and boys, and cutting off heads, all while imposing strict morality laws on the locals—that makes it clear that they have one set of principles for themselves, and another for every one else." He notes that Al Qaeda baked the children of some Sunni's they sought to intimidate
This is part of the explanation for why the Sunni shieks turned against Al Qaeda and are now helping America deal tremendous blows daily against our enemy.
President Bush is right to continue and the Democrats are dead wrong to pull back here only to try to fight Al Qaeda much less successfully somewhere else.
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