Eric the Red

With al-Zarqawi’s family publicly severing its ties with him, I wonder if this is the beginning of the end of popular support for terrorism in the Middle East.

Here are some interesting poll results:

A poll after the attacks found 87 percent of respondents in Jordan consider al-Qaida a terrorist organization whose attacks do not represent Islam. That is a striking contrast with a finding this year, by the Pew Research Center for People and the Press, that support for suicide bombing (57 percent) had increased in Jordan since 2002, while it had declined in most other Muslim nations.

While I may support the war in Iraq, I would grow weary of it if its battles were raging outside my front door. I imagine the same holds true for those living in countries bordering Iraq. while they do not like the U.S., the like being blown to bits by a madman even less. Not in my back yard, eh?

As Zarqawi broadens his fight against Shiites and expands his holy war beyond the borders of Iraq, popular support for his campaign will only plummet as the death count rises.