July 12th, 2004, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by usslindstrom There probably isn't very many people from within the military itself, that thought Iraq was a bad idea. Everyone I know and work with, understands the reasoning, and the costs involved, and believe the world is a better place because of what happened. Sure, we have a long way to go though.
So much for that liberal media crap they propogate on TV. | First, the media is rather conservative.
Second, I enjoy listening to people make their case more credible by saying 'everyone I know' thinks the same way that I do.
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For the first time in ABC News/Washington Post polls, more than half of Americans, 52 percent, say the Iraq war was not worth fighting. Seven in 10 call U.S. casualties there "unacceptable," a new high. And there's been a steady slide in belief that the war has enhanced long-term U.S. security; 51 percent now say so, down 11 points this year. http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/u...on_040621.html |
The world is a far more dagerous place. We were told that overthrowing Saddam would help solve our terrorist problem. Saddam has not been in power for more than a year and has been in custody since Dec. 03. However, Ridge warned of a serious terrorist attack.
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A government with even a nodding acquaintance with competence and good sense would have launched an all-out war against Al Qaeda, not Iraq, in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11. After all, it was Al Qaeda, not Iraq, that carried out the sneak attack on American soil that destroyed the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon and killed 3,000 people. You might think that would have been enough to provoke an all-out response from the U.S. Instead we saved our best shot for the demented and already checkmated dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein.
Bin Laden and Al Qaeda must have gotten a good laugh out of that. Now they're planning to come at us again. On Thursday, the same day Iraqi insurgents killed the five G.I.'s in Samarra, the Bush administration disclosed that bin Laden and his lieutenants, believed to be operating from hideouts along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, were directing an effort by Al Qaeda to unleash an encore attack against the United States.
According to Tom Ridge, the homeland security secretary, the latest effort may well be timed to disrupt the fall elections.
If that happens, I wonder if we'll finally get serious about the war we should be fighting against bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Maybe not. Based on the impenetrable logic of the president and his advisers, a new strike by Al Qaeda might lead us to start a war with, say, Iran, or Syria. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/12/op...er=rssuserland |
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