There's a lot less al Qaeda here now because we aren't cutting and running.
It's been amazing here lately. Anybody who advocates cut and run at this point is either terribly misinformed or has a nasty agenda.
Oh....and al Qaeda was in Iraq before we were. The training camp areas still stand as proof. They are just not being utilized as training camps anymore. ;-)
We're those stewardess training centers?
The relevant whereas' from the Authorization, I've no problem with any of them and the certainly don't say Sadaam was a 9/11 factor, only a future threat. Future threats were the basis of GWB's preemption policy, of which no secret was made.
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Whereas the current Iraqi regime has demonstrated its capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction against other nations and its own people;
Whereas the current Iraqi regime has demonstrated its continuing hostility toward, and willingness to attack, the United States, including by attempting in 1993 to assassinate former President Bush and by firing on many thousands of occasions on United States and Coalition Armed Forces engaged in enforcing the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council;
Whereas members of al Qaida, an organization bearing responsibility for attacks on the United States, its citizens, and interests, including the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq;
Whereas Iraq continues to aid and harbor other international terrorist organizations, including organizations that threaten the lives and safety of United States citizens;
Whereas the attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, underscored the gravity of the threat posed by the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by international terrorist organizations;
Whereas Iraq's demonstrated capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction, the risk that the current Iraqi regime will either employ those weapons to launch a surprise attack against the United States or its Armed Forces or provide them to international terrorists who would do so, and the extreme magnitude of harm that would result to the United States and its citizens from such an attack, combine to justify action by the United States to defend itself;
Hi Allegra! It’s always good to “see” ya. Hope all is well wherever you are tonight. You’re one of my favorite folks because you support the troops, their mission, and your personal observances of the situation in Iraq are so interesting and enlightening. :)