[livius]

While all the movie stars run around bloviating about how "unimportant" or "secondary" Iraq is to the WOT, it is evident that AQ thinks otherwise. To them, Iraq is the big test: if they can win there, by driving us out and fracturing the West, it shows that they are the future. If they lose there, it's all over for them.

A crucial part of their strategy lies in driving off our already weak allies through terrorist attacks, which they have already found to be a workable strategy.

There's a very good article by Caleb Carr in this morning's Wall Street Journal discussing this very issue. I can't link it, but perhaps some other Freeper could do the honors.

[Puppage]

While all the movie stars run around bloviating about how "unimportant" or "secondary" Iraq is to the WOT, it is evident that AQ thinks otherwise

That's a great observation!

[GVnana]

Iraq is the big test: if they can win there, by driving us out and fracturing the West, it shows that they are the future. If they lose there, it's all over for them.

Yep. Iraq will have a constitution within a few months and it's driving them nuts.

[ßuddaßudd]

If anyone does find and post this article by Caleb Carr, I would be interested in reading it.