[RandyRep]

I can state logically that Saddam Hussein is directly responsible for 9/11:

1) In 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded and took over Kuwait.

2) In response, the USA and the coalition assembled a force that drove the Iraqis from Kuwait in 1991.

3) The USA kept 100,000 troops in Saudi Arabia, for which Osama bin Laden took great offense.

4) As a consequence, ObL and Al Qaeda proclaimed war against the USA and the west, and proceeded to bomb the WTC in 1993, helped drive the US and UN out of Somalia in 1993, set up Project Bojinka and tried to kill the Pope in 1995, attacked the US embassies in 1998, the USS Cole in 2000, and the WTC and Pentagon on 9/11/2001.

Ergo, Saddam Hussein is directly responsible for the 9/11 attacks. If he hadn't invaded Kuwait, would any of this happened?

The best documentation of this is in the book "Losing Bin Laden" by Richard Miniter. Fascinating read.

[Peach]

Losing Bin Laden is on order at our library and sounds like a most excellent read. I look forward with anticipation to reading it.