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Originally posted by RIJIMMY
I'll never know if Iraq was going to launch an attack against teh US or its neighbors, but you know what? They're not going to now, and I'm sure of it. Folks like you are too busy whining about Bush to notice all the success, how many Al Queda have been captured lately? Hows our old enemy Libya doing? Was that Iran that recently let Nuc inspectors in the country? How about that alliance with Pakistan? Think any other governments are thinking about housing terrorists? Not any more..... of course NONE of this had anything to do with Bush. [/B]
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But you're completely ignoring any negative to our actions. I think Bush has done a good job of capturing or killing al Qaida around the world. I also think he left Afghanistan too early to focus on Iraq.
Lybia was a political success that has been working for quite some time. A good thing for sure, but he wasn't scared into it.
Iran letting inspectors in, what news are you watching?
We have no alliance with Pakistan, we have one with Musharef. While it's worked so far, there's a big difference and it's a huge potential problem.
And yes, I think we have completely missed the ball by focusing on Iraq and not pressuring governments (Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia etc...) to reform.
The manner in which we have done Iraq...no International mandate, no plan for security, no plan to rebuild the country, US only contracts, bad (or manipulated) WMD intel... has done very real and great damage to our image around the world. People can say they don't care about what the world thinks, but this is a very dangerous position. It's the pulse of the world that determines how our enemies are able to behave. US policy has a direct impact on the ability of al Qaida to recruit and operate, both positive and negative.
Bush is incapable of seeing both sides. His comment the other week that "killing terrorists doesn't make more terrorists" only demonstrates a complete ignorance to how the world works.
Spouting? I lie that
how about erupting
-spence