It will take a paradigm shift of monumental proportions, but when I see this kind of reconciliation between Sunnis and Shiites in Anbar province:

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/10/a-shiite-awaken.html

and in Diyala province:

http://www2.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/Lists/Current%20Press%20Releases/DispForm.aspx?ID=5733

and even between Muslims and Christians:

http://michaelyon-online.com/wp/come-home.htm

it makes me wonder if we’re finally beginning to witness that paradigm shift, at least in Iraq.

Sadly, it’s been two steps forward and one step back, even in the past 24 hours:

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hPRJ8qniu_if5wEsOeP3CqR-XBmw

Time alone will tell whether the progress of the last six months will continue. For the sake of my son-in-law, the Iraqis, the rest of the region, and the world at large, I’ll continue to pray that it will.

That of course is a noble thought, but there will never be peace there. Soon as we are gone, if ever, the radicals both foreign and local will move back in.

We need to understand the true nature of Islam. There will be no peace until all bow to Allah. We need the help of the world and have the desire to break the back of Islam.

I hate to see him go back. I hate to see any go the way the war is currently being handled. I will hope for his safety and the safety of all there.

Study all you can about Islam, Iraq, Iran, Saudi, whatever really is irelevent. The war should be against Islam. Here is a good start http://www.crisismagazine.com/april2002/cover.htm