The Atlanta Journal Constitution carried a piece from Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA) making a case for staying the course. While a part of his premise is to not do so is anathema for the Democratic Party, the points made are valid and worth noting, no matter what your party affiliation.
Essentially, the terrorists were coming here anyway whether we went into Iraq or not. To pull out now will be acquiescing the Middle East and Islamic countries to the radical fundamentalist. With that will come increased attacks on the US, resulting in a tightening of security that will make the Patriot Act seem like total freedom.
Combined with that will be massive increases in security costs, as well as rebuilding from destruction wreaked on us and you can forget about any non-essential spending by your government.
The terrorists want us…bad! Abu Musab Zarqawi, the lead foreign terrorist in Iraq and the man who beheaded Nicholas Berg, as written a letter outlining his intentions, they are not good. America is a target rich country this summer and the terrorists are determined to take advantage of it. The International Institute of Strategic Studies' "Strategic Survey 2003-4" says the U.S. remains al-Qaida's prime target, and quotes one of the network's leaders as saying 4 million Americans will have to be killed "as a prerequisite to any Islamic victory." The rest, according to the terrorists, would convert to Islam.
We must not soften. We must not back down. John Kerry wants to go to the UN and have “dialogue.” We don’t need dialogue, we need action. The only thing terrorists understand is power. We have two choices, be the aggressor or be the victim. As long as we are the aggressor, the terrorists must be on the defensive, always looking over their shoulder. The minute we back off, they become the aggressor and they will come after us full bore.
We cannot simply protect ourselves against terrorist acts, we must carry the war to them and destroy them. Anything less than that and al Qaida’s 18,000 warriors will be coming here to fulfill that goal of 4 million dead Americans.

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