Sunday July 2, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

"I would like to stress that if we fail in the battle against terrorism, there will be no Iraq left."
Those are the words of Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki.

Maliki always knew that the threat of terror was potentially dangerous and he knew that the threat came from within.
But it was not until now that he took the bold step of appealing to the average Iraqi citizen and saying to everycitizen: we need your help in this battle and without your help we will be left with anarchy and lawlessness.

By empowering the average citizen, Maliki takes the power away from the terrorists who count on people to cower in fear of their actions.
Now Maliki must maintain his tone and direction and continue his appeal to the citizens of Iraq to unite against lawlessness.

Maliki is a Shiite in a country composed of a Shiite majority.
Last week a significant Sunni religious leader also sent out an appeal for calm and lawfulness.

If Iraqi leadership keeps up this message Iraq will have a real chance of ousting the terrorists.