Op-ed:

Iraq could fall thanks to Obama

By: Diane Sori

As a result of last year’s all too public announcement when Barack Hussein Obama told our enemies the date when we would be withdrawing our troops, a few days ago Iraq had its deadliest day of violence in two years with over 100 Iraqi’s killed in al-Qaeda bomb attacks.

Thanks to Obama’s big mouth over 4800 American troops who made the ultimate sacrifice have now been dishonored, and all their hard work in trying to free the Iraqi people from not only the brutal rule of Saddam Hussein but also from encroaching islamic extremists has now been for naught, as the enemy is starting to make inroads into taking over once again.

And all this because our miserable excuse of a Commander-in-Chief announced when our troops would be withdrawn.  Guess he was asleep or doing some blow the day our military leaders told him unequivocally that you do NOT tell the enemy your plans.

With those words of his to our enemy, Obama actually in no uncertain terms said, ‘here my muslim brethren, just lay low until we’re out and then it’s all yours for the taking.’

And taking is just what they’re doing as the steady renewal of violence sends a powerful message that al-Qaeda is most definitely regrouping and staging acts of terrorism now that our troops have left.  And with 107 people killed and more than 200 wounded in the newest series of bomb attacks, al-Qaeda is now starting to recruit help from Sunni tribes in their effort to recapture territory they previously held.

And it appears they just might succeed even though Iraqi officials keep bloviating over and over that al-Qaeda appears to be much weaker than before.  I didn’t know that weaker meant al-Qaeda was still capable of launching mass-casualty attacks as they just did.  I didn’t know that weaker meant they could successfully coordinate attacks, as witnessed by the fact that the recent blasts all happened within a few hours of each other striking mostly security forces and government officials, main al-Qaida targets.

I guess my idea of what a weakened al-Qaeda means is vastly different than what Iraqi officials believe weaker to be.

But what can you expect when there is such a major weaknesses in Iraq's ability to not only gather intelligence about terror plots but to stop them at all.  The total failure of Iraqi security checkpoints has proven just how ineffective the new government is in protecting its own people.

Add to that the fact that the political showdown between Iraq's main Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish factions leaves the door open for al-Qaeda to retake Iraq, as alluded to by the following statement, 'The majority of the Sunnis in Iraq support al-Qaida and are waiting for its return.' That very statement was recently posted on the militant website Bakr al-Baghdadi.

So thanks to Barack Hussein Obama’s giving away our withdrawal timetable, Iraq most likely will also follow in the footsteps of the other Arab countries that have recently fallen, but fallen NOT in the name of democracy but fallen to islamic extremists like the muslim brotherhood.

Hope you’re happy with yourself, Obama, because your muslim brethren sure are.