Comments On An Editorial About The Bombing Of Al Zarqawi

A couple of weeks ago two 500 pound bombs landed on a house in a suburb of Afghanistan where serial terrorist, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi was enjoying dinner with family and friends. This was a fitting end for an evil bastard. The words evil bastard are way too kind for this pathetic waste of humanity. It is a horrible epithet when the best that can be said about a person’s life is that the world is a much better place without them. But there are no truer words.

About a week after the announcement of his death, the facts surfaced regarding the sequence of events. Along with Al Zarqawi, his dinner guests were also killed. Among those were his spiritual advisor, Al Zarqawi's 16 year old wife and his 18 month old daughter. Al Zarqawi was 40 years old.

It was at this same time an editorial appeared in our local newspaper that was written by the wife of one of the town’s more prominent gentlemen. This lady was bemoaning the fact that the life of an innocent child was lost due to this bombing. Since the child was present it was her opinion that the bombing should have been cancelled or not have taken place.

It is a shame that this lady did not seek my advice. She may have at least delayed expressing her opinion until she had all the relevant facts.

First of all this evil man was responsible for the sadistic deaths of many, many people of his own country men and women as well as members of our military forces and Coalition forces fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Let us not forget to mention the civilians employed from nations that are working in Afghanistan or Iraq to repair the infrastructure that he had kidnapped, tortured and murdered. He has beheaded people. Come on people, this is 2006 not the middle ages. He has trained his militia in the use of ricin along with other poisonous gases and bacterial weapons that could target civilians. He has trained his militia and others in bomb manufacturing. He is associated with Bin Laden and with Al Qaida.

He would have no reservations about savagely murdering this editorial writer’s entire family right before her eyes and then murdering her.

Al Zarqawi married a 14 year old girl when he was 38. What is up with that? In any culture this is just wrong on so many levels. You also have to ask yourself what was the family of this young lady thinking by allowing her to consort with a mad man who was not only well over twice her age, but also a sadistic murderer.

Al Zarqawi knew that he was on the most wanted list for the US Armed Forces and that he had a price on his head. He had to be aware that spending anytime with his family could potentially put them in harms way, a fact he blatantly disregarded.

His young wife also was aware that by being around him that she was putting herself and her child at risk. Perhaps at her young age or because of cultural issues she had no control over this fact. Yet she is ultimately responsible for the welfare of her infant.

The editorial writer was wrong that one child was killed during the attack. Two children were killed. She was also wrong on placing responsibility on the US Armed Forces.