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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (746509)	7/28/2006 7:16:19 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

You wrote:"Sure they did. So what? Lots 'o people want lot's 'o things... doesn't mean it's that easy for them to get it. :-)" So what? In Europe there have already been horrendous Islamic bombings in Spain and England. There are Islamic terrorist cells throughout Europe. So what??? You wrote:"Sure they did... in fact --- they were counting* on over-reaction and miscalculation by the 'West' (mainly: the US)... "* Absolute nonsense! Up until the attacks of Sept 11, 2001, the U.S. had the complete opposite reputation, one of backing away from confrontation, or of having very muted and short-lived counter-attacks, like in Somalia, Vietnam, Iraq, Lebanon, etc. Plus there is absolutely no way that the Taliban, or Al Qaeda, wanted to lose power in Afghanistan and lose many of their leaders. They certainly didn't want to see American forces throughout Iraq. The most major miscalculations were by both the Taliban and Al Qaeda. They didn't realize that President George W. Bush was a strong, courageous leader. They thought that the U.S. would follow the diplomatic route, perhaps through the U.N., giving a great victory to Al Qaeda, which would have caused many more to join their Jihad. As a result of President Bush's strong leadership and courage, the global jihad has been dealt a severe blow! You wrote:"Theocratic Islamist forces are very weak --- even in most Islamic societies." The Radical Islamist jihad is worldwide. Almost every country is effected. Christians and Jews have been driven out of most of the Middle East. Global jihad has reached into or committed atrocities in Algeria, Sudan, India, Kenya, Israel, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Philippines, U.S., Jordan, among other places. Terrorist cells have been discovered in many countries. Very weak? I think not. I think that Europe is in for a lot of Islamic violence.