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Yeah, I saw the Frontline thing too...it seems more than likely Europe will face another attack this year or next, and I'm betting it's going to be in Italy.
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Seems that they consider the Spain attack a very successful one (with good reason) and will go after any allies they percieve to be "weaker".
If I have not already said these guys are total fuckers, allow me to do so now.
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There's no question that there are some very dangerous radical Islamic extremists and that through acts of terror, some of these groups have demonstrated their total disregard for human life.
The thing is that Sadaam, though a certified goat-fucker and cruel Fascist, was not one of these radical Islamic extremists. And much as we'd like to believe he was, he was not the immediate danger and impending threat the United States attempted to make him out to be. And it seems that everyone else already knew/insisted-upon this. And so the US defied the UN (in order to enforce UN resolutions) and in doing so alienated a world which had only recently had our sympathy and support.
With the tragic events of 9/11 we had an opportunity to really make our case against the danger of these extremist groups. To form a multi-lateral coordinated world effort to seek out these groups and to undermine and dismantle them. But instead we pursued our own agenda (for entirely selfish purposes). Thereby perfectly demonstrating to the followers of these extremist groups that we are, in fact, as corrupt and horrible as they made us out to be. It would seem that if we'd really wanted to hurt those ideologies, we would have left the regime-toppling at Afghanistan.
There is so much we could have done and didn't. There is so much we have done and shouldn't have. It makes me sick to think it.
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But surely, four more years of Blessed American Freedom is a Good Thing! Do not listen to these deamons of the past! The Lord Jesus has blessed the Nation of God with four more glorious years of gay-free LIBERTY!
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If they really had such a hard-on for Saddam, they surely could have waited and invaded Iraq later.
It might have even been possible to have drove some terrorists into Iraq (if they were looking for an excuse).
Sure would be nice to see them stabilize Afghanistan before moving on to (reportedly) Iran.
Bush's call for $80 billion more in war money is a baaaaad sign.
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Where is Saddam now? Has he been transferred to Iraq yet? Do they have any prisons left standing? Or police stations, for that matter?
It feels like once a week I hear of some raid against an outpost/police station/tollbooth where martyrs manage to kill about 20 cops and injure hundreds of people, this is the most successful guerilla warfare I've ever heard about in history.
And I read a report that said that the corruption has multiplied exponentially after the fall of Saddam and the fall of the "regulated" corruption.
It used to be just the top cadre of Baghdad's police precincts that jailed innocent people and tortured them to extort money from them or their families, and they discouraged anyone else from intruding on their turf. Now reports say that even the regular police forces resort to incarceration and systematic beatings, trying to get a slice of the cake.
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I don't know if I'd call it the most sucessful guerilla war in history...the Vietnamese eventually brought the country under communist rule. From what I see, the chance of Zarqawi and co. creating an Islamic state in Iraq is low.
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If the US leaves Iraq sometime this year (yeah, riiight), there's a chance of Iraq becoming an Islamis state, but Zarqawi would probably not be head honcho.
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