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Originally posted by Undertoad
I'm optimistic that the whole thing will settle terrorism down more than it encourages it.
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What terrorism. Take away Al Qaeda and America has suffered virtually no terrorism once we stopped attacking Druze and Shites in Lebanon and settled Khadafi. Al Qaeda is a direct result of not leaving the Gulf as we had promised. If Al Qaeda is only due to occupation (a broken promise), then what will invasion, occupation, and a forced government on an Arab nation do? To believe an Iraqi invasion would not result in terrorism on America is George Jr mythology.
Most Arabs have no interest in terrorist activities against the US which is why current Muslim fundamentalist terrorists are such mental midgets. Saddam is sponsoring no international terrorism except in myths. However once the US attacks a nation that no one in the world fears, then terrorism on American will return to make Lebanon (and the resulting Khadafi acts) seem trivial.
Most of the world - even the Arab world - resoundly supported America's rescue of Kuwait - so agressively that I should not have to repost some of those examples. But most of the world is already resoundly against an American unilateral and unprovoked invasion of Iraq. That makes America ripe as a terrorism target - which the French should like because it takes them off the hook.
If we remove Saddam, have we removed the source of any terrorists? Of course not. Any association between Saddam and terrorism is created by the George Jr administration to justify their pre-conceived actions. Go outside this war monger American government and no one - no responsible nation - links Saddam with international terrorists.
Of course this is the same administration that would advocate war even with China over a silly spy plane. They will say anything to justify a war - facts be damned. Facts are that an invasion of Iraq will make it very easy to recruit smart terrorists in the Arab world.