The subject, here, was Iraq--a contrived nation in the Near East. What has that got to do with International outlaws attacking us from within? The mad notion that we can change other peoples' native cultures can only help recruit more international outlaws. It is obviously counter-productive.
The most effective way to deal with international brigandry, is by encouraging Nations to crack down on those who seek to attack other peoples' cultures--whether they like those cultures or not. May I recommend that you study traditional American Foreign policy, before you post on questions of foreign policy.
William Flax
My subject was your irrational statement that Iraq posed a lesser threat to the United States than World War 2 Germany and Japan. It was and remains a statement replete in ignorance and denial.
The truth of the matter, as evidenced by 9/11 which is why I asked if you were napping, is that small groups of dedicated whackjobs with certain technologies can and will, if they get the chance, reek more havoc within the borders of this country than Germany and Japan ever dreamt of doing.
Saddam Hussein gave sanctuary to the worst of the worst islamonuts. Abu Abbas, Abu Nidal, Zarqawi and Ansar al Islam to name a few inidviduals and a group given sanctuary in Iraq. Here's a little history for you Mr. History, all of those individuals were responsible in one way or the other for the deaths of your fellow citizens. The confluence of those type nuts with Husseins unquenchable thirst for WMD, his animus for the USA and a post 9/11 world any POTUS who did nothing about that state of affairs in Iraq would be derelict in his duty.
The most effective way to deal with international brigandry, is by encouraging Nations to crack down on those who seek to attack other peoples' cultures--whether they like those cultures or not.
This statement is so, well, stupid and naive, it doesn't even merit a response.
May I recommend that you study traditional American Foreign policy, before you post on questions of foreign policy.
:-}Whatever you say Mr. Foreign Policy.