Fighting the Global War on Straw

Jeff Emanuel Redstate regular "haystack" does the honors today. Clearing his throat for an epic post on the meaning of the Caliphate, Mr. haystack reflects on the unfair treatment the C-in-C endures at the hands of The Left, and leaves any reader with a lick of sense slack-jawed in disbelief:

Having said that, and reflecting on the relentless pounding he has had to endure as he tries to keep us safe at home while moving the world forward into the 21st century (a job description fitting enough for the leader of the most powerful nation on the planet), it is not difficult to understand what Bush 43 is trying to do, and it is even LESS difficult to see how little of the world's troubles are actually BECAUSE of his actions.

The idea that the West would have sufficient power to be the sole impetus of a civil war between Sunni and Shia in the middle east is merely wishful thinking on the part of the anti-war movement, and serves no valuable purpose in the debate over what the West should actually DO about it.

Mr. haystack lowers his lance and lays waste the Goliath. Having invented an anti-war movement that believes that the West is the "sole impetus" for Muslim sectarian strife, he nails that sucker. Great heaps of straw are strewn about for several feet in all directions.

Ever forgetful, Mr. haystack neglects to point us to any examples of anti-war types who believe the West created the division among Muslims.

Nevertheless, Mr. haystack does deserve a little credit. He called the sectarian conflict a "civil war" without flinching or hedging. Next, having argued so convincingly that the schism between Shias and Sunnis dates back a dozen centuries or so, perhaps Mr. haystack will come to the realization that the current situation might have been foreseen prior to Mr. Bush's efforts to "bring the world into the 21st Century."

[UPDATE: Redstate writer "haystack" writes in comments (how'd you guys find this place so quickly?) to correct an error. The explication of the Caliphate posted at Redstate was not written by Jeff Emanuel, but by Mr. haystack himself. Apologies to all. The post above is corrected.]