>Which is certainly what Bush did. He used Iraq as ground zero for his >Napoleonic fantasy; which, just as with Napoleon, has failed.
You call this a failure? U.S. Cites Big Gains Against Al-Qaeda Group Is Facing Setbacks Globally, CIA Chief Says By Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 30, 2008; A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/29/AR2008052904116_pf.html >Further the concept of "fight 'em over there" assumes that AQ just >wants to kill Americans. Reasonable people can disagree, but I don't >think that's the case. > >The fact that it's taken us 5 years to defeat a force that we >ourselves allowed to come into the country, i.e. clean up our own >mess, is not a good harbinger. Al Qaeda was in Iraq before we were. They were all over the Middle East embedded in many countries. Lucky for us when we took out one terrorist supporting tyrant, al Qaeda wannabes came to his aid. Now they're weak and the Muslim world is turning against radical Islam. That was the goal. So where is the failure? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:260996 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
