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What are we doing in these absolute hellholes like Afghanistan and Somalia, etc.?

I'm not quite sure where you've been since 9/11/2001, but this is where al Qaeda is (along with a number of other countries). If we do not destroy them, they will make other attempts to destroy us.

Surely you've heard of the first WTC bombing in 1993, the bombings of our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, bombing of the US Cole in Yemen, and other acts of terrorism against the United States and US interests in other countries--like attempts to bomb our embassies in Rome, Singapore, France, Belguim, and so many more.

You may want to educate yourself about the threat of al Qaeda before you expound on your isolationist philosophy on a thread about a US soldier who has died fighting for his country.

I like it when someone as ignorant as you answers one of my posts. First of all, as detailed in the NY TIMES the first WTC bombing in '93 was the result of an FBI sting gone bad. One of the main perpetrators was an FBI informant who was hired to infiltrate the group and arrests were to be made before the act was to be carried out. Through a "miscommunication" the FBI did not intercept the group in time and several lives were lost. The only thing that saved the informant was that he had taped numerous conversations with the FBI and he saved himself from being a scapegoat.

It's a known fact that binLaden was a US gov't. creation to help fight the Russians, he was fingered as the mastermind behind the ship bombing in Yemen as well as the embassies. It sure is strange how we have military satellites that can ID a dime on the ground but somehow can't help track the whereabouts Osama and his boys.

FYI, 9/11 would not have happened if our intelligence agencies had heeded warnings from the Israeli Mossad and other foreign security groups. How could half the cab drivers in NYC know not to be in the vicinity of the WTC yet the FBI/CIA supposedly knew nothing, heck the knowledge of what was coming was so prevalent in the NY Arab community that some morons were even caught with video cameras in place to film the event. Don't tell me this was some event beyond our control. I'm not sure where you get your info but if you think Dan, Ted or Peter are going to tell us the truth you're sadly mistaken.