Omar's Opinion Counts Too

If you don't read Iraq the Model then you are missing out on a very important voice in this year's mid-term elections. With all the finger-pointing from the Left and the MTV attention span of Americans these days, you'd think that we're losing the battle in Iraq; however, some Iraqis are seeing changes that are worth fighting for.

Apparently, it's the American Left who think we're doing more harm than good there. Are they even listening to Iraqi citizens? Do they know what it is that Iraqis truly want and are willing to suffer alongside us for? Who better to tell us the truth than a citizen of Baghdad?

Omar lives in Baghdad and began writing his own blog in November 2003. He describes the changes he sees in his country, gives eye-witness accounts of voting and of the battles near his home, and provides opinions on what he reads in the press. His is an optimistic yet pragmatic voice and it needs to be heard by all Americans, especially those on the Left in this country.

So what does Omar think about the Dem's ideas of "redeploying forces" or "setting a timeline for withdrawl?" Here's a bit of his post titled "The Battle for the Middle East:"

"Let's call the battle for middle east, and I think politicians do not need anyone to explain to them what this part of the world means…the outcome of war in Iraq does not affect Iraq alone, a victory means disrupting the ring of terror and extremism the enemies are trying to establish while failure would be equal to allowing them to establish that huge ring, or should I say that gigantic octopus of terrorists and terror-supporting regimes that would extend from Afghanistan in the east to Libya in the west and from Iraq in the north to Sudan and Somalia in the south.

And instead of creating islands of democracy and liberty, connecting them and extend from there to change the world to the better, the enemies would engulf those islands and add them to their multi-jointed entity of terror.

We need the decision-makers to rise above the rhetoric of who's right and
who's wrong and focus on protecting the world from falling prey to the vicious enemies of civilization.

We are in the middle of this situation now and losing is not an option.

You know what, maybe the world isn't going to harvest direct benefits from winning the battle of Iraq but the world still has to spare no effort to win this battle, again not because winning will bring direct benefits but because losing here will bring subsequent losses that would no doubt be great."

I know in my heart of hearts that Americans have more backbone and determination left in them. This fight is worth winning not only for America but for people like Omar who have much to look forward to once this battle is won.