[nyconse]

If it is as you suggest, then we should not have gone there in the first place...I am for killing as many terrorists as possible. They will be the one's shooting at us-not difficult to identify. The government will be left in place-with our backing. This means going back and killing more terrorist if neccesary. If we allow Iraq to become an Islamic state then we have indeed lost...the situation will be worse than it was when saddam was in power.

[monday]

"If we allow Iraq to become an Islamic state then we have indeed lost...the situation will be worse than it was when saddam was in power."

Yes and no. Yes, Iraq would probably become a state sponsor of terrorism, but if you notice, the actual terrorists come from countries which are US allies, not Islamic theocracies. There have been no, as far as I know, international terrorists from Afghanistan, or Iran.

Once people have a Islamic theocracy, either they are satisfied or, more likely, they hate it and can't imagine killing themselves in order to bring such suffering and misery to others.