Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader and Democrat from Nevada, stated recently that the war in Iraq "is lost." His presumptuousness and greed for more political power have ticked off a lot of good people, including Vice President Dick Cheney and many fine military men and women.

Cheney shot back that Reid has changed his mind on the war umpteen times and that his comment is politically motivated. A U.S. marine stationed in one of the red-hot danger zones of Iraq had a couple of expletive deletives for Harry. But he admitted that the military is pushing out both the insurgency and al-Qaeda. Plus, the marine admitted that our soldiers and the Iraqis are helping to rebuild the war-torn nation.

Speaking of al-Qaeda and their ilk, it is pretty well known that outside terrorist groups have a strong foothold in some regions in Iraq. These groups are well-funded by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and some of our other "friends."

Some military experts believe that if all foreign troops were to leave Iraq, there would not be an al-Qaeda takeover of Iraq's government like the Taliban did in Afghanistan ten years ago. However, it was recently reported that al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups are working with the Sunni insurgency in Iraq.

If our troops were to leave Iraq, maybe al-Qaeda wouldn't take over the nation's government. But they wouldn't need to. Al-Qaeda would likely set up more terrorist training camps and use Iraq as a base for more attacks against the U.S. and the rest of the Western world. Iran and Syria would aid and fund them as best they could.

In addition to funding from oil-rich nations, additional oil reserves are believed to lie in the Sunni underground region. With these financial sources, al-Qaeda would have access to untold billions. This money would likely be used to purchase sophisticated weaponry, weapons of mass destruction, and biological, radiological, chemical, and nuclear warheads and missiles.

Imagine a suitcase nuke delivered to New York by al-Qaeda. How many millions would perish? Picture a terrorist sending a missile into Hollywood with a biological head hooked up to it. Imagine the untold millions dead? How about a chemical bomb on the Loop in Chicago? And on and on.

If al-Qaeda can send four airplanes crashing into buildings, obliterating 3000 Americans, there is nothing at which they will stop. There is no limit to their evil, their recruits, or their money. And we thought the Nazis were a huge threat to world peace back in the day.

The only thing that will stop the terrorists is brute force. These animals still have their heads in the Dark Ages and they will never emerge from there. It is literally impossible to sit down and iron out our differences and come to terms of peace with with their insane and primitive world view. Their Koran forbids compromise. End of discussion.

We have no choice but to wipe the terrorists out. One by one.

There are many fronts to the war on terror. Multi-national troops have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. Terrorists have toeholds in or have struck Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, much of the Middle East, most of northern Africa, Somalia, Russia, China, Phillipines, Great Britain, Canada, Spain, and America, among other nations.

Many of these countries are potential targets for al-Qaeda. Our Congress should let President Bush and General Petraeus do what they can to win the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. If Harry Reid states that the war in Iraq is lost, he is on the side of the insurgency and al-Qaeda. If Nancy Pelosi wishes to withhold funds from the troops fighting the insurgency and the terrorists in Iraq, she is on the side of the Islamic Jihadsts. Neither of these haughty, power-hungry Democrats should remain in their jobs. Both must be forced to step down and let America win the war on the destructive terrorists.

America must unite in the War on Terror. Or America will fall.