Bowfinger
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- Nov 17, 2002
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Originally posted by: irwincur
I would agree with your statement except for the fact that this war has created MORE terrorists.
It has also killed more terrorists.
You have to be stupid to miss the entire point of this war. It was to drag the terrorists out of the caves, and into the waiting hands of those that are best trained to kill them. 120,000 soldiers sitting here at home were not killing many terrorists, much less keeping them busy and occupied. Hence, they had time and money to plot and plan.
120,000 soldiers are now bringing the fight to them. Doing a few things.
1. Killing them.
2. Killing more importantly, experienced membership.
3. Forcing them to use resources (guns, ammo, explosives, etc...) that otherwise could have been used elsewhere.
4. Forcing the leadership to hide underground, limiting communication and training.
5. Did I say killing them?
It is pretty damn simple what the goal was here. In my opinion it was brilliant. We can just wait for them to either kill themselves or get killed by us. It is perfect in terms of strategy. What smarter than giving them a little kick in the a$$ to all congregate in one area for us.
1. Wrong
2. Wrong
3. Wrong
4. Not in Iraq
5. Did I say wrong?
In case you haven't read or watched the news in the last 18 months or so, the people we are fighting in Iraq are overwhelmingly NOT al Qaeda and other preexisting terrorists. They are mostly Iraqis who are, right or wrong, trying to defend their country from a foreign invader. Our actions in Afghanistan were legitimate actions against terrorist targets. Bush's invasion of Iraq was an unwarranted act of aggression and a diversion from the real "war" against terrorists.
Just for the record.