If This Actually Happens, We Have Formally Lost the War in Iraq

U.S. concedes ground to Islamists on Iraqi law , Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:20 AM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islam will be "the main source" of Iraq's law and parliament will observe religious principles, negotiators said on Saturday after what some called a major turn in talks on the constitution and a shift in the U.S. position. If agreed by Monday's parliamentary deadline, it would appear to be a major concession to Islamist leaders from the Shi'ite Muslim majority and sit uneasily with U.S. insistence on the primacy of democracy and human rights in the new Iraq.

U.S. diplomats, who have been shepherding the process closely, declined immediate comment... Parliament would not be able to pass legislation that contradicted the principles of Islam, several negotiators told Reuters. One Shi'ite official said that a constitutional court would decide whether laws conformed to Islamic faith.

But Sunni negotiator Saleh al-Mutlak said that, at the insistence of U.S. ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, the constitution would also contain language stating that the "principles of democracy" would be respected.

(Emphases mine)

If the foregoing comes to pass, Neville Chamberlain will be eligible for the Nobel Peace Prize, posthumously. Over 1800 American military members will have died in vain, not counting the tens of thousands maimed in vain. For a president who does not like abortions, this will be one of the biggest abortions in the history of mankind. Nevermind WMDs, etc., this will be as bad for the future of freedom in the world as is Israel's capitulation to the "Palestinians."

Bush has never named the enemy because he would have to deal with the stark reality that would follow. He would have to fight on the proper terms, and he just cannot bear to go against a toxic ideology because it disguises itself as a religion. This is religious correctness, and this is the fatal flaw of the Right.

Add in the distrastrous irresponsibility of Bush and gang regarding America's borders and immigration policies to another and much more major show of American weakness in the eyes of the Islamists, and you can be double damned sure that 9-11s are not far off inside America. These may well drive the 2006 and 2008 elections, and they may sweep the Republican Party into the dustbin. God help us if we return to Democrat Party rule!

There is much more to say about this perfidy, but a news item like this cannot pass without notice and comment. THIS IS VERY BIG NEWS, AND VERY BAD NEWS--if it happens.

Oh, yes, and as for the principles of democracy being respected, did not Adolf Hitler say something like this after being allowed to engulf Czechloslovakia? We are witnessing perfidy, evil, and cowardice on an even bigger scale.