Here is an email I sent to Republican Senators who are supporting the Hagel and the Democrats resolution that effectively calls for our surrender in Iraq.

Islam has been at war with the rest of the world since its inception in the seventh century. The United States has been at war with Islam on and off since the nation was founded. The latest war dates from the Shia-dominated Iran’s seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979. The Iranians are conducting warfare against us, though we have not responded while the Iranians have aggressively expanded their military forces, and repeatedly threaten the US and Israel with extinction. The Sunni al-Queda group led by Usama bin Laden declared war on the US in 1996. The US ignored them. After the 911 attack the US responded, and is currently engaged in battle with both al-Queda and Iran in Iraq. The Shia and Sunni Muslims are also killing each other in Iraq. (Iranian surrogates Hamas and Hezbollah are starting similar civil wars in Palestine and Lebanon.)

After too long, the US has changed the approach in Iraq to the take-and-hold counter-insurgency tactics that were successful in Vietnam, leading to US military withdrawal. The South Vietnamese military continued to be successful until the US Congress, lead by Senator Kennedy, dishonorably cut off funding to the South Vietnamese. The North then overwhelmed the South, and in the aftermath about two million people were killed.

Now we have the Congress going into the dishonorable mode again. Senator Clinton wants to cut off funding to our Iraqi allies. Congress wants to prevent the US from changing tactics to stabilize Iraq. It appears that Democrats and some Republicans are intent on insuring that the US withdraws from Iraq. There seems to be a thought that if the US withdraws that fighting in Iraq will end. This is foolish; the fighting would probably intensify as Sunni nations enter the fray to prevent an Iranian takeover of Iraq.

Islam is at war with us. It is not our choice. We have to fight or surrender. My impression is that most Democrats and some Republicans are prepared to surrender in Iraq in the hope that the Islamists will then leave us alone. This is a foolish hope; surrender in Iraq would encourage them to attack us more vigorously.

I realize that most Democrats want us to lose what they call “Bush’s War” to improve their domestic political situation. I am disappointed in Republicans that want to surrender to gain votes rather convincing people that it is imperative that we defeat the Islamists. Lee Iaccoca famously said, “Lead, follow, or get out of the way. “ It seems to me that you have no ideas on leading, don’t want to follow, and so should get out of the way.