I haven’t walked your path, but I know of the pain you describe, for different reasons. When all seems too bleak, too lost, to have any hope for a better life down here on earth, the only thing that brings me comfort is that there will be a reward for those of us who remained faithful when it is all over with.

While Zawihiri screeches, I can only hear the triumphant cheers from American men and women who took the fight to his precious Iraq, Afghanistan, and Middle East at large.

Thanks to our Christian Commander-In-Chief, President Bush, we performed the quickest regime change of a major nation in history. Beyond that, we accomplished in 10 weeks what the mighty USSR couldn’t accomplish in 10 YEARS in Afghanistan. President Bush led our gallant men and women into a stone age theocracy to emerge victorious, allowing women to walk the streets without terror, become educated, and form a new civilization if they can handle it.

No other country conquers like America.

After we erradicated the monster Hussein from his perch, we stayed long enough to ensure free elections for a people who don’t know how to show appreciation, but we went room-to-room to do it anyway. In a time when we could have EASILY turned their despotic, nightmare of a country into glass, we performed surgical manuevers that cost us many great, patriotic men and women’s lives.

That’s why they are heroes. We didn’t have to place incredible restraints on our soldiers (suicidal rules of engagement, etc), but we did it anyway to show these neolithic bedouins what a Christian nation is all about.

Maybe after these Middle Easterners evolve for another millenia or two, they’ll begin to catch up with us Americans.

Until then, we should cheer our brave men and women in our Armed Forces for a job well done. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. We can liberate these sad people, but we can’t make them behave themselves. Our job is done.

The next time we need to revisit this ancient cave called the Middle East, we will be fortunate enough to have President Bush’s example to guide us on our next approach. Invade or just nuke them? At least we were graced with ONE leader who had the balls to shun popularity for the right choice: defense of this great nation against a backward people who only understand violence and power.

Now, thanks to President Bush, we have a hammer and anvil in place in the Middle East with Iran in between them. Who would have thought that we would have accomplished this much 8 years ago? I surely didn’t. We must lay wreaths of thanks at our servicemen and women’s feet forever, and at the legacy of George W. Bush.