June 08, 2006
leaders and their ideals
This morning, "al Qaeda in Iraq" leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed. I believe the US military is too optimistic about the benefit of this action. First, we are flagrantly ignoring the assassination policy which does endanger other peoples' lives while we lose ground to admonish others like Israel. Second, ideas are more important than leaders. Everywhere, from politics to the conference rooms, we are being taught that charismatic leaders are not what is needed, but are only the embodiment of ideals. People are led by ideas not by leaders. Nothing is ever truer in the Islamic religion and with a people who feel like they are fighting a foreign force (again, they mention the crusades). You should never understate the power of nationalism. Third, I suspect the success of al-Zarqawi operation is more due to his weakness rather than to our ingenuity. This means someone, smarter and stronger, will step up and hold the flag for al Qaeda's cause.
Posted by azileretsis at June 8, 2006 02:14 PM
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