> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 11:36 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: What could $456 billion buy. > > Oh really? I was under the impression there had already been two major > terrorist attacks in Manhattan- 1993 and 2001. I must be mistaken.
And that's an argument in defense of the Iraq invasion how? Bringing up these attacks only serves to remind us that we've failed to destroy an enemy (al-Qaeda) that has attacked us (as you note, multiple times) while spending wildly to neutralize an enemy that never did (Saddam). The sad facts are that a) Iraq posed no actual threat to us, b) sadly most terrorist attacks on American soil have been perpetrated by Americans and c) we've placed ourselves in a position where it's difficult to respond to actual threats at home and abroad. We've made Iraq the terrorist poster child. We could leave soon which, I think, would turn Iraq into a terrorist playground or stay until things are "stable" which (if it's even possible) could easily consume as much time and resources as we've already spent; probably more. The Iraq war has dangerously weaken America. It will go down in history as one of the worst military blunders of our age. The Bush administration's legacy will be mocking derision. "It is unknowable how long that conflict will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months." - Donald Rumsfeld, February 7, 2003. "I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.... I think it will go relatively quickly; weeks rather than months." - Dick Cheney, March 16, 2003. "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." - George Bush May 2, 2003 (the "Mission Accomplished" address) "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency." - Dick Cheney, June 20, 2005 There is no possible scenario where history will look kindly upon these events. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234594 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
