"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Vaughn" wrote in message
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This from the guy who thinks we went to Iraq to fight terrorists?


Informed people understand we're fighting terrorists in Iraq.

I will concede that we may actually be fighting a few terrorists in Iraq
now, but they are likely foreign "true believers" who have gravitated to Iraq
because our guys are there (and have perhaps by now managed some local
recruiting). There was very little documented international terrorism activity
in Iraq before we invaded, certainly less than in certain other Arab countries.
Don't forget; Iraq was a comparatively secular society. We have now thrown open
the gates for the religious crazies to come in to Iraq and do their work.

I still haven't figured out what Iraq is all about, but it wasn't 9-11 and
it has little or nothing to do with terrorism. Perhaps it was supposed to have
something to do with assuring Bush's second term (thus "mission accomplished"),
but today it seems more likely to have the opposite effect.

Vaughn