You said -- "It is not that we generated more terrorism when we attacked Iraq, it is that the terrorists came from all over the world to fight us there."
I seriously doubt that. I think we are generating more terrorists, which to me means that we have to kill them faster and more efficiently. And that means striking at the evil political idealogy of Islam.
Here in this country all the mosques with those Wahhabi clerics are breeding more terrorists by the minute. They're getting ready for the fight over here, not in Iraq. That's coming around the corner, soon.
You said -- "we cannot simply go and invade every country that has terrorists so it is better to bring them all to one place and kill them, this place is Iraq. The defeat of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and they have been already defeated there would not carry the same impact as defeating Al Qaeda, Iran, and Syria in Iraq. The defeat of terrorism in Iraq will have much more profound impact on the whole Middle East and much more damage on islamic terrorism than just their defeat in Afghanistan."
What would have a more profound effect would be to kill off all the major symbols of Islam, starting with *totally destroying* the top 10 Islam holy symbols in the world -- and then (after that is done) laughing our heads off and telling them that they were stupid for thinking that there was anything in that stupid black rock that could protect them -- when we blasted it to smithereens. And then we shoot every cleric, on the spot, who attempts to gather any adherents to the political idealogy that says that Islam will take over the governments of the world and will rule the world.
Once the symbols are gone and the clerics keep geting shot, on the spot. the clamor will die down rather quickly. Then they'll be ready for a *new form* of government -- just like Japan and Germany got.
Regards,
Star Traveler
When you state "a new government just like Germany and Japan got" you are forgetting that once we had Hirohito step away from claims of the divine, we, in turn, left him, and the related Shinto culture in place, repected the cultural aspects and instead of destroying the culture, overlaid it with an additional layer.
Your call for a crusade to stamp out Islam at gun point, is beyond impractical, it is down-right counterproductive to having a succesful win against terroristic jihaidist elements in the world. Such action, policy advancement or the like is the one and only one thing that would turn all of the Islamic world to jihad.