Over there or over here
Posted by Richard on November 12, 2006
The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri (Does every jihadist have two or more names? What’s with that?) said his 12,000 fighters won’t rest until they reach Jerusalem and destroy the White House:
"We will not rest from our Jihad until we are under the olive trees of Rumieh and we have destroyed the dirty black house — which is called the White House," al-Muhajir said.
The "olive trees of Rumieh" appeared to be a reference to the Mount of Olive in Jerusalem, or Christendom in general as a continuation of the Roman empire.
So let me get this straight: Abu What’s-his-name said they’re going to destroy the White House, right? That sounds to me a lot like Abu has confirmed that "If we don’t fight them over there, we’ll have to fight them here."
Anonymous said
Does that mean they will not fight both places? Since it is our fight, then why are we risking other civilian lives? I am just saying this, because someone had said it was better to fight over there, so we wouldn’t have to deal with terrorism here. I thought that was a really chicken sh*t reason to stay in Iraq.