As I was laying on the hospital bed getting my Solu-Medrol infusion, I turned on the news and what did I behold, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi was targeted and killed in proper style by our very fine Military, kudos. A few quotes from Yahoo are in order here.

The targeted airstrike Wednesday evening was the culmination of a two-week-long hunt for al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. Tips from senior militants led U.S. forces to follow al-Zarqawi’s spiritual adviser to the safe house, 30 miles outside Baghdad, for a meeting with the terror leader. The adviser, Sheik Abdul Rahman, was among those killed.

Targeted. Planned. *boom* Dead. Happy, happy, joy, joy. Why, you might ask. Cause he has masterminded or done himself intolerable evil.

As the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Al-Zarqawi oversaw a wave of kidnappings of foreigners and the killings of at least a dozen, including Arab diplomats and three Americans. He personally is believed to have beheaded two Americans - Nicholas Berg of West Chester, Pa., and Eugene Armstrong, formerly of Hillsdale, Mich. - prompting supporters to dub him “the slaughtering sheik.”

Al-Zarqawi also was a master Internet propagandist, spreading the call for Islamic extremists to join the “jihad,” or holy war, in Iraq. His group posted gruesome images of beheadings, speeches by al-Zarqawi and recruitment videos depicting the planning and execution of its most daring attacks.

His followers also frequently targeted Shiite civilians and mosques in an attempt to spark sectarian civil war, and in his statements, al-Zarqawi - a Sunni Arab - often vilified Shiites as infidels.

Unfortunately, as I understand it, Islam is a religion without a central leader like a living Prophet or Pope to guide the faithful. Each Imam is on his own to interpret their writings and laws. As such, each can inspire his flock to moderation or violent jihad. They have been known to preach hate in Arabic and peaceful coexistance in English and no one is the wiser.

I expect our joy may be short lived. He is now a “Martyr.” And that inspires more of them. They’ll go boom too eventually. We are that good.

Just days before his death, Al-Zarqawi issued an audiotape on the Internet, railing against Shiites in Iraq and saying militias were raping women and killing Sunnis. He urged the community to fight back.

He must have been studying the words of John Kerry to come up with that idea. Pay no attention to the Kerry person. Our U.S. Armed Forces rocks.

SCORE!