BBC News: Reports on massive terror attack in Baghdad. a high death total is expected, initial reports seem to place the blame on Al Qaeda. This is a reminder folks that Al Qaeda is not just in Pakistan, they are also a threat to the West in Iraq. As Iraq has new elections next year we can expect more attacks, as in Afghanistan the Taliban/Al Qaeda know that democratic elections are a threat to their existence, it shows that there is a different path for the people of the region. The Afghan and Iraqi elections are also a challenge to the Obama Administration, as Obama dithers about Afghanistan he can not afford to lose Iraq. The Bush surge worked, Iraq on the whole has gone off the news wires, the terrorists will now start to hit targets in Afghanistan and Iraq. This the time for Obama to show some backbone in both Afghanistan and Iraq. In Afghanistan President Obama should send the extra troops requested by General McChrystal and in Iraq Obama should offer to start talks for keeping the US in Iraq post 2011. Obama can not afford Afghanistan or Iraq, either loss would undermine the West and would allow the terrorists to win in the long term.
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