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Originally posted by theknife
the Hudson report fits my contention nicely - every terrorist incident listed is credited to people who were terrorists before they ever got to Iraq. the incidents listed occurred independently of Iraq, without any established cause-and-effect relationship. no question, Iraq would be a stop on the Wide World Of Terror tour, but should it be the main event? in terms of getting a return on our investment in the war on terror, the cost/benefit relationship remains quite thin.
the question remains: 550 + dead American soldiers and hundreds of billions of dollars later, has the invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq reduced terrorism and made the world a safer place?
not yet.
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eh, my belief is you gotta start somewhere, why not start with the guy that has shown a propensity for being rather open to terrorists and in fact commited terrorists acts through his infiitada funding? it's better than wondering around aimlessly hoping something falls in your lap which seemed to be Clinton's strategy and would likely be Kerry's.
it may be cold to say but if those 550 lives somehow, through some Kevin Bacon 6 degrees of seperation, stops another 3000 American lives from being lost then it was all worth it.