> Dana wrote: > If those are *our* terms, lord help us all. Why would we pick terms > that make us look like the villain and allow guerrilla fighters the > advantage of their own terrain? >
The "draw them out" argument does not stand up to scrutiny, even if it makes some type sense to someone. All we're doing in Iraq is creating criminals of convenience. As I said earlier, if you moved all of your expensive goods out onto your lawn and advertised that they were there do you think you could lower the crime rate in your state? You be foolish to think you would, but please try. The "draw them out" argument is clearly wrong. There are no fewer terrorists with a global reach than before we invaded Iraq. Mr. Bin Laden is still active, and certainly his operations are. His teams will not hesitate to strike the US and are planning to do so now. They have a history of waiting years between attacks and have already struck overseas. Invading Afgahnistan seriously hurt Al Qaeda, but invading Iraq helps them because: 1.) It distracts the US from attacking Al Qaeda. 2.) It erodes world support for America (except for Russia). 3.) It creates a test bed for techniques and weapons. 4.) It creates a terrorist recruiting dream: find the good attackers and take them global. 5.) It depletes America's war chest. 6.) It demoralizes Americans. 7.) It demoralizes our troops. 8.) It creates a false sense for security for people that buy the "fight them there" propaganda. 9.) It creates an enormous risk of CREATING another Afghanistan. 10.) Americans are dying 2 per day from criminals of convenience rather than global terrorists. I'm sure there's many more. It's great that Hussein is gone, but it's not worth the cost, and we're not doing anything to inhibit global terrorists - we're most likely helping them. You cannot fight crime by "drawing them out" and you cannot fight terrorists by "drawing them out". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162487 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
