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Originally Posted by skinnywussy
For the most part I agree with you - I was refering to my own interpretation of Bush/Cheney/Rumsfield logic in the previous post. The actual results in iraq are more like you described than an actual honeypot effect. Many more civilians are dying than insurgants. However, of the insurgents, its believed that many are coming over from Syria and such. Since the stronghold in (forget the city, to lazy to google, you know what I'm talking about) is right on the border of Syria, and insurgents are being killed by the hundreds weekly right now on that border, its safe to assume that foreign fighters are part of the insurgency.
What am I describing when I say "insurgents"? The ones who are indiscriminently killing civilians, foreigners and new iraqi government workers with no known agenda.
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I don't doubt at all that fighters are coming in from Syria, but I think they're fighting to defend their region against colonialism rather than fighting because they're religious fundamentalists who would otherwise be attacking American cities. I also don't think that the Bush cabal has any illusions otherwise, despite their rhetoric. They know what they're doing over there, and it has nothing to do with stopping terrorists. These guys aren't stupid, they're just liars who think we're stupid.