> Gruss opined:
>
> The CIA says the answer to that question is yes and I'm going to
> assume they know more about this topic than us.

Trusting US intelligence agencies is part of the reason we're in this mess 
:)

> My point would be that the reason we should've stayed out of Iraq was
> because we can't afford right now.

Now that's an argument i 100% agree with.

>
> Succinctly, the CIA is saying that invading Iraq IS NOT decreasing
> terrorism; in fact, it's creating MORE terrorists.  If that's true,
> then what has invading Iraq accomplished?

I'm not really sure.

I'm pondering this analogy:  There is a wasp nest in the barn. Occasionally 
people get stung. You decide to send in a group of exterminators. They 
disrupt the wasps. Many wasps are killed, but many escape and go on to sting 
people. The number of wasp stings goes up sharply in the area. What have you 
accomplished?

Well, you've accomplished a lot if you've addressed a problematic nest that 
already existed.
On the other hand, you've only exacerbated the problem if while distrupting 
one nest, you've convinced hundreds of wasps to descend on your barn and 
start their own nests.


>There were no WMD and the
> CIA says we've got more terrorists than when we started.  And it's
> probably going to cost US taxpayers $1 Trillion before it's all done.

Iraq wasn't a threat, and we can't afford a war that isn't absolutely 
necessary. This hits the bullseye for me as to why the war is wrong.

>
> My point is that you, as a US taxpayer, got royally screwed and will
> keep getting screwed as all of Mr. Bush's loans in your name come due.
>
> Which proves why Mr. Bush is NOT an idiot - he's been peeing on all of
> our legs and a majority of the voters believe him when he says it's
> raining.

Yep.

>
> But, hey, millionaires are loving their new tax breaks.
>

Hey, tax breaks are great. All classes pay too many taxes, and by 
proportion, millionairs are paying WAY too many taxes. The problem is tax 
breaks can't be accompanied by huge spending explosions! 



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