Mankato, MN (rightcommentary.com): What is needed during this all important election cycle is a logical argument for seeing our commitment in Iraq out to the end. I do not believe that concrete reasons are being made by John McCain at this time. While his message is correct, it has been the same message for months. Of course, having the same message and not swaying from it is seminal, however, when conveying that message using the same vernacular, it quickly wears on people like a broken record.

The Democrats are obsessed with how the rest of the world views us and ‘repairing our image.’ We can take advantage of this by pointing out obvious realities of their future plans. First, let’s recall how the Arab world outside of Iraq viewed our invasion in the beginning. The Arabs were looking for a reason to support us at the start of the war. They supported us in Gulf War I because they thought our reasons were valiant in removing the Iraqis from Kuwait. This time the reasons we went were also valient but they turned out to be untrue. This, of course, is a source of great debate now. Personally I completely agree that the intelligence community was misled with false information. Remember, British intelligence had the same intel upon which we acted. That aside, commentators in Arab countries lugubriously opined the fact we crashed through the front door without a good reason. They longed to openly support us and, had the intel been right, I believe they would have coalesced and rallied around us. There’s nothing that they can do now but wait and watch. What they are watching now is the presidential campaign. They are watching the Democrats promising to withdraw expeditiously without regard for security in the region. If we leave precipitously, chaos will almost certainly follow. A power vacuum will be left and the streets will run red with the blood of innocent Iraqis. If you think Muslims hate us now, just you wait. When the Middle East is in a maelstrom of a regional civil war and we’re back at home building windmills and bike paths, how do you think we will look to the rest of the world then? The Jihadists will have a much greater desire and motivation to attack and kill us. Our willingness to see it out to the end will benefit us greatly and enhance our relations with our Arab allies and create new ones. Otherwise our image will be in much worse shape and would completely invalidate the supposed altruistic motives of the Democrats. This is the message that I believe needs to be trumpeted in a clear, concise, persistent way.

The Democrats are only using their promises of bringing home the troops as political leverage and are too short sighted to see the grave consequences of leaving too soon. I think this is, while not an original message, an important one that I do not believe is being conveyed in a fresh, relatable, sapient manner that can win us this election and this war.