> cHat wrote: > In my eyes entries > number 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the same
Reasonable point, but here was my thought: (4.) a US Muslim teenager could commit an act of domestic terror and NOT be Al Quaeda. In fact a recent poll said that 25% of US Muslim teens thought suicide bombers were justified. (2.) Iraqi pullout consequences are difficult to predict, but would only affect US domestic security if the resulting state became an enemy of the US; something that could happen independent of Iran and religious extremism. E.g., Hussein could've been actively plotting against the US without religious extremism or Iran or Al Quaeda. (3.) Iran's work against the US is regionally strategic in nature, not solely due to religious extremism. They may use that as an excuse, but it's not the cause. They would be doing what they're doing even if they were secular (Think Libya). (1.) Bin Laden, too, uses religious extremism as a recruiting tool, but his attack is also regionally strategic. His aim is to take over Saudi Arabia. So obviously there's reasonable debate there, but my goal was to show that we're spending 90% of our resources in Iraq (military, personnel, political, etc) when there are much larger concerns. If Bin Laden is #1, then Iraq is a distraction to that. How about a gMoney-inspired analogy? A university says their top priority is to be a Division 1 hockey school, but they put most of their recruiting efforts on basketball and most of the students, staff, and Dean's office are focused on how to win the next basketball tournament. Yes, doing well in the next b-ball tournament is winning, and it does further the University's sports programs, but it does LITTLE to help the hockey program. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235419 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
