Ok, so let me ask this again, you do or do not support us continuing to fight the resurgence of the Taliban and AQ in Afghanistan?
Gruss Gott wrote: >> tBone wrote: >> Some of us remember what you were like 5 years ago when you did >> basically support it. So you're saying we shouldn't be fighting in >> Afghanistan either? I mean thats what I get from this statement. >> > > It is true that I partially supported it when it was sold as a > necessity based on intelligence. That is no longer the case. > > Iraq is now sold as a utopian fantasy - one which, if history holds > true, will NEVER happen and one which we have no right to ask anyone > to pursue. I'm a firm believer that if you believe in something you > personally fight for it, and if you're not personally fighting for it, > then there's a good reason for it; usually only one or 2 > possibilities. > > As for Afghanistan (and possibly Pakistan), their government > institutionally supported the Taliban AND strategically was low risk. > Iraq was a massive strategic risk and neither attacked us nor > supported those who did. Further, Iraq was strategically useful > against another local foe, Iran. > > In short, there's really no mystery on who attacked us on 9/11 it wasn't Iraq. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258768 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
