How do you think the murder of al-Zarqawi will play out? What Effects (if any) will it have on the: Islamic world, al-Queda, the Iraqi insurgency, the American "Battle Agaisnt Extremism/War on Terror," the new Iraqi government, Bush's foregin policy, and American/global perception of the war in Iraq? Is this even significant at all?
It'll provide CNN with a few weeks of non-stop coverage and then another top insurgent will fill his shoes and we'll be right back where we started from, IMO.
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slash Bush, I fear we will be hearing about ths for months as an example of how the US is "winning" the "war on terror" which wasn't even going on in Iraq until we (the US) started it.
Bush's approval rating rises after every "major victory" and then slips back down again. I don't see this being any different.
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Of course it's dead in the water...But he still has to push it to get the conservative votes this election year...Therefore, attention is split between the two.
All I'm saying is that if al-Sarqawi's death came at a different time, when Bush wasn't trying to stir the pot, it would have a much bigger impact.
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If you look back in history, al-Zarqawi and al qaeda weren't even present in Iraq until the US went in there and made it possible for them to prosper there. I think that is of more historical significance than blowing him up.
There are so many bathist separitists, insurgence, criminals, fundamentalist radicals and now terrorist organizations in Iraq right now I would think that al-Zarqawi's death is a mere flea fart in a windstorm at this moment in time.
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The methods the soldiers used to actually pin-point his location, the fact that they were even able to do so, is astonishing, which says a lot about technology, and the Soldier of today. So i am beginning to like our boys.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was out of control with him dead his former boss, Bin laden can now put someone in Iraq who he can trust. He was totally out of control and the civilian populace hated everything about the man. I wouldn’t be surprised if Bin laden ordered his betrayal to the coalition to rid himself of this thorn in his side.
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it doesn't make a difference what important person from al-queda gets killed. they will simply be replaced by someone who is the same or better. the media is just trying to "rally" the public that the operation in Iraq is going well instead they are not.
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