How is invading Iraq the best use of our time, effort, and money in terms of protecting ourselves from terrorists?
You are an analyst. Take a look at where the terrorist breed in the Muslim world, who supports them, and where we could rationally start. We were already at war with Saddam, getting shot at in two "No-fly" zones, and had to settle that situation first. We could not keep up what we were doing with him and go after other ME countries first. That is why we went in.
No one, I repeat, No one, in the world disagreed that Saddam had WMD. They had other reasons for not wanting us to go in, but not that one. So there we are. And we will be until this is settled. You can plan on us having troops in the ME on the day you and I go toes up on a gurney.
How do we dissuade the other countries there from harboring and encouraging Terrorists? You know that Syria, Iran, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia "may smile and smile and be a villain," on this issue.
We have to keep unrelenting pressure on these regimes to make them afraid to harbor them, while we root them out. I see no other way out. If we don't do this, then we will have to retreat out of there, make some noises, and do nothing until we are hit again. |
