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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: unclewest who wrote (54063)7/14/2004 3:32:44 AM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (2) of 793917
 

Two quite different situations.

We agree on that.

I do not believe the primary reason for attacking Iraq was to attempt to deal a death blow to AQ. I don't recall knowing anyone who thought that at the time.

I also don’t believe that this was the primary reason for attacking Iraq. In fact, I’m not sure what the primary reason for attacking Iraq was. Nobody else seems very sure either, least of all the administration, which has long been in the habit of citing whatever “primary reason” seems convenient at the time.

I do think that striking at AQ should have been the highest American priority in the post-9/11 environment, and I never quite understood why we were pouring such vast resources into a campaign that seemed more likely to help AQ than to hurt them. I still don't quite understand it, but since everybody else has forgotten all about it, I guess it must not be important.
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