SoCalPundit

A quick reference to a statement made by a Sunni group in Iraq caught my eye as I read this Associated Press report on a new offensive underway against insurgents in Iraq.

On Saturday, the Iraqi Islamic Party, the country’s largest Sunni political group, condemned Balad and Hillah attacks, saying “such sinful acts only serve the schemes of the occupiers” by widening the gap between Iraq’s Sunnis and Shiites. The party urged Iraqis “to stop the violence and solve their problems by words, not weapons.”

This is an important statement. Not because it carries any weight among either peaceful or violent Iraqis (I assure you it doesn’t) but rather it is important because of the fraudulent impression of the current situation in Iraq that it sends to the world about the Jihadists inability to move beyond half-hearted rhetoric and stop the violence.

Statements like these are laughable at best and in my opinion may actually be a sort of code to Islamic people around the world telling them that they should continue to believe it is the Iraqis working towards creating a stable government (and a military to defend it) that are the cause of the problems. It seeks to make the “struggle” of the violent Jihadists morally relative or even morally superior to those that seek a peaceful Democratic future for Iraq.

It shows both the shrewdness and desperation of the enemy we face.

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