[deadbeater]

Let's see: Osama wanted as one of his goals the US to pull troops out of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Iran wanted to get rid of their enemy for power Saddam Hussein. So what did Iran do? Plant evidence via Chalabi to convince Americans that Saddam had WMD on the ready.

So the coalition invaded Saddam on that pretense, and establish permanent bases in Iraq, enabling the US to pull out of...Saudi Arabia. Iran got rid of Saddam, without firing a single shot, and al-Qaida get to practice on Americans (troops and mercenaries) without blowing their budget on travel expenses. Doesn't it occur to you, urbane, that the policy of US troops attacking terrorists 'on their own turf' was exactly what the terrorists wanted? Martyrdom on the cheap.

No wonder Osama and Iran are more than pleased. Bush is essentially doing what they wished. Talking about aiding and comforting the enemy. Bush realized too late that he and his advisers have been majorly played by Iran. That is why he is posturing now, and feebly at that.

Bush is trying to act like Abe Lincoln. Unlike Abe, Bush went with what doesn't work for too long.

And I wouldn't go 'Hooray for Captain Spaulding' on the House of Saud just yet, the most repressive regime on Earth after the Taliban. To many, this is another example of the US propping up dictatorships in the name of 'national interest'.