[drpix]

"... the attacks of 9/11 was to provoke the US into declaring war on the Islamic world... The battle field was opened up and the Americans and their allies became a closer and easier target."

Can someone explain to me why... if al-Qaida wanted the armies of the west to fight them in Iraq, why do they conduct terrorist attacks on western civilians to demand western armies withdraw from Iraq. The logic seems a little inconsistent... shouldn't the terrorist be demanding/goating the west into sending more soldiers?

[Sergio]

You make a very good point, but crazy people (terrorists) aren't known for their use of logic.

Best Regards

Sergio

[GoLightly]

The demands could be reverse psychology, while the bombs goad the west to send troops & to remain engaged.

Course, they'd have to stop calling Spain a victory & France or Germany should have been the country hit on 7/7 to support this statement. The hit in London could be a case of too many chiefs...

PS: You goad someone to get their goat.