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In an earlier post I admitted there might have been some coordination (and drew the comparison to use helping out Iraq in the 80s) which may have made it easier and more justifiable to go into Iraq. I don't think the two were interwined and think they eventually had different goals. I also don't think that by attempting to resolve a potentially bad situation in Iraq by creating a stable, peaceloving government, we have hurt al Quada. And certainly we haven't gotten any retribution for 9/11 (which the Pres does agree with).

I know the war in Iraq was justifiable - I just think that we could have prevented some of the aftermath by devoting as much energy as we did to Iraq to going after al Quada prior to moving into Iraq. But, we must deal with the situation as it is...and I believe the President is attempting to do that.