Neo-cons have hijacked US foreign policy

Boston Globe | 9/10/2003 | Robert Kuttner,

[justa-hairyape]

but it is clear that there was no imminent threat to the US at the time of the invasion.

Iraq was a threat every single day to the US forces patrolling the no-fly zones. They were frequently fired upon. The no-fly zones were done to protect the anti-Saddam communities in the north and south. We were committed to Iraq because of Gulf War I. That war was not completed by Bush senior due to his desire to keep the 'coalition' together. A desire that would obviously never be fulfilled.

BTW - Reagan invaded Lebanon.

[Theyknow]

Today our Secretary of Defense said there is no proof of a connection between Iraq and 9/11. If you don't believe him then who would you believe. Let's start talking about what is really going on.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030916/ap_on_re_mi_ea/rumsfeld_iraq&cid=540&ncid=1480

[fortaydoos]

What another few hundred billion for our grandkids to pay? After all, the ruling elite will have long since absconded with their "capital" and surrendered their U.S. citizenship - a citizenship the current policy makers seem determined to devalue.

[montag813]

Today we know that Islamic Terrorism is a realized threat to our homeland. To abandon the war on terror is to abandon our future freedom

Amen.

[justa-hairyape]

The article you linked to quotes an Afghan governor who states that the Taliban and al-Qaeda who are 'bothering people' are hated by the Afghan people. The governor states these people commiting attacks and acts of intimidation dont have the power to fight in a front so they carry out guerrila attacks. So your proof that we are losing in Afghanistan is linking to an article where it states that the Taliban and al Qaeda are reduced to acts of intimidation and terror against lone individuals or small groups of individuals. In my book thats proof the Taliban and al Qaeda have gotten there rear ends kicked. They are no longer a credible threat to the country as a whole. Just harrasing a few people in the southwest.

Man these negative vibes are so 60's.

[justa-hairyape]

Dude, you need to have a critical eye when you read crap written by progressives. That recent article you linked to quotes the Secretary of Stata as saying he has seen no evidence supporting a link between Saddam and 911. Fine. Thats what the government has been saying ever since 911. Then the progressive nitwit writer uses that response to suggest or insinuate that there is no link between al Qeada and Iraq. As usual, a progressive stretches the truth to serve his political theology. Thats what happens when you think with the wrong organ. We have statements by Osama Bin Laden himself linking and explaining his relationship with the secular government in Iraq.

[Flightdeck]

"Whatever evidence there is linking Saddam to 9/11 is weak at very best and unsupported at very least. "

We'll see, pending the release of the intelligence report coming out soon, but anyway it's a moot point. The evidence linking Iraq to TERROR is vast and unimpeachable, and we're in a war on TERROR. It is flat out impossible to defend all of America's resources. Our only chance to prevent another 9/11 is to go on offense.