What I am saying is that SH would have eventually given germ warfare technology to nearly untraceable terrorist agents for operations against the US. Particularly in Texas, where GHW & Barbera Bush live. That would be just a short SW Air flight to your state.
Ok, back to the real world….
SH would have also kept funding the suicide bombers against Israel. Taking him out removes an obstacle to Mid-east peace.
As well as every other country in the MIddle East. Who are we invading next to help Israel? Perhaps Israel’s terrorist problems stem from its draconian polocies towards the Palesteinians. And why is Israel our problem? It’s enough we give them billions a year in unsecured loans. We don’t need to invade countries so Israel will feel more secure.
I am sure you have great domestic spending plans, but it can all be ruined by another terrorist attack. I would rather have Iraq as their base than some mosque by the local flight school. I do not want another 911 on our soil. Given the Spanish elections after 311, I doubt if AQ will care about their losses in Iraq.
Where have I heard this before? Vietnam maybe? If we don’t fight the communists over there, we’ll be fighting them over here! It was a lie then and its a lie now. The insurgents in Iraq are almost all native TO Iraq
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Only 90 of the more than 5,700 people in custody in Iraq as security risks are foreign fighters, defense officials said on Tuesday, a figure that suggests the Bush administration may have overstated the role of outside militants in the deadly insurgency.
The officials, who asked not to be identified, said the U.S. military command handling security detention facilities in Iraq confirmed a report in USA Today that fewer than 2 percent of those in custody were foreigners."
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/07/06/few_detainees_in_iraq_are_foreign_usa_today?mode=PF
I feel so much safer knowing we’re taking the fight to the enemy :roll:
The raids along the Syrian border are inflicting significant losses on the Baathists.
And yet they still keep killing our guys and Iraqis. Just like they have been for the last two years. Oh, and that’s another Vietnam-era trend I’ve noticed: body counts. Anyone else notice we’re measuring progress by the number of insurgents killed? When we started, Tommy Franks said, “We don’t do body counts”. Well, I guess we do now.
the troops are just a few raids away from getting the rest of the replacement leadership. Iraqis are now looking for stable leadership. Keeping the insurgents on the run prevents them from establishing legitamate stability. It does not take away their ability to disrupt the stability that we recently set up there. They did get a decent turn out on the latest election. Things are more stable. Soon, they will be able to fight for it themselves. As in A&A, if you just sit on an advantage, the opponent will eventually build a counter. Minor advantages are not always permanent. You must exploit them and widen your edge in order to gain victory.
Did you lift this out of 1984 or something? “Attention! Your Attention please! A majory victory, against the forces of EastAsia, has now put the war within measureble reach of ending!” Needless to say, we’re all getting tired of hearing “mission accomplished” every six months.