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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (46709)5/24/2004 10:09:02 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) of 793926
 
Somebody might have made this argument, but it certainly wasn't me.

I didn't say it was you. I said the argument had wide currency in the anti-war camp.

Would you say, with benefit of hindsight, that I was wrong? [about a benefit to AQ]

I would say that everybody needs to wait for another few years to have hindsight. There are obviously double dynamics: the presence of American troops acts as a magnet for jihadis; on the other hand, these undertrained jihadis have no fun at all if they try to ambush Marines. If in the outcome, Iraq goes the way of Lebanon, it will be a benefit to AQ. If a stable Iraq emerges, and reform continues to be on the table in Arabia (which it is now, and never was before), it is not a gain for AQ.

I remember writing that if AQ could throw any Arab leader to the sharks, Saddam would probably be the one they'd choose.


There I disagree. It would be the House of Saud, no question.
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