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Originally posted by PerfectionGirls
We have a lot more serious problems in the counrty. We could stomp Iraq in three hours if they every got out of line. Meanwhile... the emonomy is going to hell in a handbasket all due to the unrest our goverment is creating right now.
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Part of the reason your country's economy is in deep shit is the insecurity of the world. Investors do not want to invest in an economy that can be toppled down by planes or chimical and biological agents or worse.
Iraq is part of that problem - like it or not.
9/11 had a devastating effect on the world's economy and saying/thinking 9/11 and terrorism as a whole has nothing to do with Iraq (and as noted Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, N.Korea and others) is not right.
As to Iraq maybe not the biggest threat, even if that is right, who said the right strategy must be one where you start with the biggest threat? Maybe its better to start weeding the surroundings before attacking the main evil? maybe its better to show the bigger therats that its better to change their ways by proving the motivations on the easier (but still bad enough targets)
I personally think that Iraq is indeed more dangerous in some aspects (regime wise) but less in others (the people there are more educated and even if muslim, the younger generation is looking for a change even though not in the form of full democracy which does not work well in a muslim society)