Which statements? Al Qaeda's main goal is not Iraq. Their main goal is the creation of an Islamic state spanning half the world, from Spain to Indonesia. They see Iraq as the launch pad for that state. Our current objectives are to prevent Al Qaeda from taking over Iraq, stabilize the country, and foster political reconciliation among the Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds. The first one is going fine. The second is a work in progress, and the third is only a distant possibility at this point.
I have no idea whether cutting off the opium trade will affect the activities of AL Qaeda in Iraq. I suspect they have multiple sources of funding, and we don't know how much of that opium money gets to Iraq. Cutting off the flow of money from banks in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria would seem to be a much higher priority. I agree about the arrogance issue, and that's in all quarters of government, from all sides. On 9/15/07, Dinner wrote: > > Robert, I'm surprised you don't see the contradiction in your statements. > (like I'm one to talk ! =) ) > > Apparently we know what al-Q's main goal is - Iraq (ha! ;) > > What, exactly, is *our* objective, again? > > Removing the tally-ban's sources of $$ WILL put us closer to defeating > them in Iraq. Then there's the arrogance, see, which just pisses me off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242460 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
