On 27 Nov 2006 at 12:42, Doug wrote: > Andrew wrote: > > I wrote: > > > >> The sectarian violence now occurring in Iraq was sparked when the > >> Al-Askari Mosque (the Golden Mosque) was destroyed last February by > >> Al Qaida. Why did Al Qaida do it? To prolong the violence in >Iraq. > >> Why did they want to prolong the violence? Because of the presence > of > >> the U.S. in Iraq. > > > > And that is what I call absolute and total nonsense. Your causative > > chain of thought is founded on the basis that, somehow, Al Qaida's > > hostility to America is BECAUSE of Iraq. > > How do you arrive at that conclusion?
No, re-read what I typed. It's not a conclusion, it's pointing out that the causative chain of though I was replying to stated that. > AQ wants to prolong the violence because they are aware that >Americans have > a limited amount of patience; that by prolonging the Huh? No, again, you're somehow focusing on "AQ hates Americans in Iraw". They PLAIN HATE AMERICANS. They're "prolonging the violence" by attacking Americans because it hurts American interests and Americans. Iraq happens to be the current best place for them to do that. > So we're going to loose, and Iran will step into the void we leave in Iraq, > put down the Sunni resistance, and form a dangerous anti-American, > anti-Israeli alliance. Dangerous to who? American interests, sure. As for anti-Isralie, Saddam wasn't precsely pro-Isralie in the first place. AndrewC Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
