Having spent a little time in Arab nations I understand how they think and it is much different than the way we think.
For example; we want to negotiate in order to avoid bloodshed. They believe that if one seeks to negotiate the one seeking negotiation is weak and deserves death.
We are a nation that sees war as a last resort.
They see war as an opening move.
Our leaders must be men of peace.
There leaders must be winners of bloody conflicts.
Killing is abhorrent to us.
Killing is an acceptable means of negotiation for them.

Please don’t misunderstand and I know that most liberals will misunderstand but I will say it anyway. This is not written to say that our way is better than their way. These are facts; this is the way they think. An Arab or Persian man without a gun is not a man, his wife would laugh him out of the house if he came home without his weapon. This is why we can not negotiate with them. We can’t make peace with them. We can’t show any kindness unless it is backed up with an overwhelming high threat of death and destruction. Unlike liberals they don’t fear death as a people. Sure they fear for their spouses and children but the mentality is a man does not fear death. All leaders are Alpha males; in order to lead you must be ready to fight and kill all around you to make the rest cower in front of you. In order to be a leader over there you must be a winner. If you have any doubt that you will win you have lost your leadership.

This is why any dissention is seen as weakness and our President is weak in their eyes because he can’t control the press, or the people. Our way of government is strange to them. Go to some liberal country like Syria and say something bad about its leader in a public place. Within minutes you will be arrested, your wife and kids will be raped in front of you, your children will be killed and unless you have great political pull your wife will die before your eyes. Compare that to the vile things said about our president. He is weak because people say such things and he lets them live! He lets their families live!

People in America openly talk about pulling our troops out. Look at Sadam and how he handled a truly losing situation. At the end of the Gulf war he declared victory and held celebrations. What was the great victory? We let him live. The second time we went after him our troops were 500 yards away from Bagdad Bob and he was telling everyone on television that America had lost the war and that their leader was contemplating accepting American surrender. My point is that as long as they are alive they count themselves as they are winning and we are losing. As far as all Arab nations are concerned if we pull out the terrorist will be seen as the last man standing in the fight.