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To: KonKilo who wrote (69123)	5/29/2008 8:31:04 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542139

It's funny to see "no attack on US interests abroad" when we have taken 4000 dead and more than 30,000 wounded at a cost of several hundred billion dollars and damaging our image around the world..... ...but of course, no terrorist would ever see that as a successful strike against American interests, LOL. People's ability to self-edit in their heads never ceases to amaze me.

To: KonKilo who wrote (69123)	5/29/2008 9:39:21 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 542139

<<<I give credit to our increased vigilance and intel gathering for the diminished attacks and give GWB the credit he is due for that. >>> Great achievement. He was given an unlimited budget to implement a police state to stop a 6'6" terrorist architect living in a cave from assembling more terrorists to send to our shores. The surprise is not that he succeeded, after a fashion, but that he exceeded budget doing it.

To: KonKilo who wrote (69123)	5/29/2008 10:08:53 AM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 542139

Well, you beat me to my answer. The increased security, intel, and general awareness seems a much more likely reason for the decrease in attacks. I don't think anyone - RW or LW - believes that we weren't somewhat naive about our own vulnerability to terrorism at home. But the Iraq War- with its enormous cost in lives and money- hardly seems the most effective means of diversion or of "defeating" terrorism. That's just a real stretch. And Iraq has killed and injured more people than any major AQ attack thus far.