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Old 05-12-2007, 12:35 PM   #4
richlevy
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Originally Posted by Drax View Post
I dunno, but this "war on terrorism" may have never started if Dubya hadn't bombed an entire country over one asshole.
Well, there are currently 3 'wars on terrorism'.

1) Homeland Security
2) Afghanistan
3) Iraq

Afghanistan was an extension of the "war on terror". The unrecognized 'government' was known to be harboring the Taliban. Internationally, there was broad support for an intervention, and the only reason Afghanistan is not a complete success today is that it is troop levels are a fraction of those in Iraq.

Even when considering foreign wars a part of the 'war on terror', what we have done is open up a second front in the Middle East. With no draft in this country, and with reduced revenues from taxes, we are robbing Peter to pay Paul, gutting our domestic disaster preparedness to supply troops and equipment to two war front, one of which is seen by a majority of the US and the world as a 'war of choice'.

In effect, Bush made the same mistake Hitler made in opening an Eastern Front with the Soviet Union when he didn't have to.
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