personally i would have taken one life to save the 20 million, but that does not compare to iraq - apples and oranges.
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terrorist backlash is what will happen when the relatives of thousands of iraqis killed in the invasion and occupatrion of iraq forget their modern and technological upbringing and embrace revenge.
the actual safety of the american people has probably gone down, and the american government is pursuing policy that creates more terrorists, not less.
iraq did not supply terrorist bases and recruits anywhere near the degree that it now does. saddam did not tolerate dissent. islamic fundamentalists sat across that great divide in arab society today, 180 degrees from saddam. iraq was arguably the mideast nation that supported international terror the least. and since the bulk of palestinian attacks occurred on land promised them a decade ago on illegal settlements, then i struggle to call that international.
israel for example, does really neat things like use canadian passports to go into syria and murder people. that's not terrorism?
and saudi arabia, good god don't crack that can of worms open. talk aboot helping terror! it's their national sport!
linking al-quaeda with iraq is probably the most idiotic thing i have ever heard. i just fail to see it.
more stable middle east? the invasion of iraq inflamed the fires everywhere there. they made the nutcases that run iran look like patron saints because
EVERYTHING THEY HAD BEEN TELLING THEIR PEOPLE FOR 25 YEARS TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE
iran elected a reformer president and though it was a small step, it was a step. iran is now regressing back towards bad stuff. the opportunity created by droughts, student rebellions, a stagnated economy, and decades of diplomatic overtures by europe was completely wasted by ONE invasion.
the israel/palestine situation has not been helped.
over 100,000 iraqis have died since the invasion and the insurgency.
lebanon is getting uglier after a period of calm.
democracy comes when the people themselves take it. imposed democracy will only result in another theocracy in the region, or simply a puppet government with nine huge and permanent american military bases.
the people had to take care of their own business.
i fail to see these WWII connections, you'll have to be more specific.
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