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directfiesta,
I agree with some things you are saying, I'm not as jingoistic as you may think. To say Iraq had nothing to do with 911 is naive and to take the policy in Afghanistan out of it?s circa 1980's place in time is simply manipulating information to mislead people. BTW, a common tactic of the pacifist. I agree that past foreign policy has caused hatred for the "infidel" and the pursuit of our banishment from this planet. The fact of the matter is we are living in current times and have real time issues that must be dealt with, whether the means of resolve is diplomatic or a more hard-line approach. As for Bin Ladin, I think it?s a very good possibility he is in Iran. In not an advocate of invading every country that has a different belief system then our own. Iraq is not the poor innocent country you think it is, until the no fly zone was enforced over northern Iraq, Kurds were being slaughtered not for what they had done but who they were by their own countrymen and that order was given their President. Most the rest of the free world would classify this as genocide. Iraq is in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and do you think they intend on using them towards neighboring countries? Of course not. Those weapons are intended for use abroad. I would love nothing more than a peaceful resolve and for there to be world peace and there to be no dependence on middle-eastern oil in the world but, that?s not our current state. It will take adjustment of foreign policy of MANY nations to change that.
Also just for the record, before the "War on Terrorism? terrorist attacks where almost as common in the daily news as the weather or traffic reports. So yes, I would say the efforts against terrorism have been very effective. Do I agree with an invasion of Iraq? Only if it can be quantified!
In the end I think we can agree on one thing....We agree to disagree! That?s just another great quality of the free world.
Warden
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