Posted on 06/24/2014 6:12:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Over the weekend, prominent lawmakers hyped the case for military action against ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) by arguing that if the radical Sunni insurgent group establishes itself in Iraq and/or Syria it will launch new terrorist attacks on American soil like al-Qaeda did from Afghanistan. On CBS's "Face the Nation" Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) claimed, "The seeds of 9/11s are being planted all over Iraq and Syria... They want an Islamic caliphate that runs through Syria and Iraq... and they plan to drive us out of the Mideast by attacking us here at home."
On "Fox News Sunday", House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, (R-MI). said "These are not monkey bar terrorists out in the desert somewhere planning some very low-level attack. These are sophisticated, command and controlled, seasoned combat veterans who understand the value of terrorism operations external to the region, meaning Europe and the United States."
But this argument does not carry the weight its advocates think because the strategic situation in 2014 is far different than in 2001. It was Ayman al-Zawahiri who convinced Osama bin Laden to launch the 9/11 attacks. Zawahiri is an Egyptian who had been decisively defeated in his attempts to foment an Islamic revolution against the government of Hosni Mubarak. He believed that revolution was impossible as long as the Muslim world was governed by leaders backed by the money and power of Washington. America had to be forced to withdraw so as to leave the existing political order weak and vulnerable to the jihadists. Spectacular attacks would terrorize the public into demanding that their government "cut and run" from overseas commitments.
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This guy on 9/10/01: America will never be attacked.
A point we did not hear during the Arab Spring. Keep the dictators in power. It is a lesser evil than the Sharia Curse on innocent people.
Yet many Libertarians in 2011 were cheering the Arab Spring on. Bad move.
Dictators, not democracy, is what these 5th century savages need.
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