[Prokopton]

"It seems to me that our troops in Iraq are the hard targets. In other words why haven't they targeted us, the homeland, the soft target?"

This tired argument that somehow because we are fighting sunnis and shiites in Iraq alqueda has less capability to strike the U.S. never had any logic behind it. It took only twelve men to topple the towers and kill 3000. Does anyone really think that alqueda cannot find another twelve because they are all fighting in Iraq. This is senseless and is a poor argument for "staying the course" in Iraq.

[rlmorel]

"...This tired argument that somehow because we are fighting sunnis and shiites in Iraq alqueda has less capability to strike the U.S. never had any logic behind it. It took only twelve men to topple the towers and kill 3000. Does anyone really think that alqueda cannot find another twelve because they are all fighting in Iraq. This is senseless and is a poor argument for "staying the course" in Iraq...."

I disagree.

What happened on 9/11 took planning, coordination, communication and money. It is difficult to plan, coordinate, communicate or effectively raise money when your top leaders are continually taken out, and we have found them and taken them out.

Additionally, Al Queda itself has admitted not only that Iraq is indeed the battleground to fight for, but that they are demoralized by defeats and hardships that have been imposed on them due to the US Military taking the fight to them.

[The Old Hoosier]

This tired argument that somehow because we are fighting sunnis and shiites in Iraq alqueda has less capability to strike the U.S. never had any logic behind it. It took only twelve men to topple the towers and kill 3000. Does anyone really think that alqueda cannot find another twelve because they are all fighting in Iraq. This is senseless and is a poor argument for "staying the course" in Iraq.

Thank you for pointing this out. A lot of FReepers need to hear it.