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To: RMF who wrote (35058)	4/24/2009 4:06:56 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Al Queada didn't really exist in Iraq until we kicked all the Sunnis there out of the army and the government. True, but that's not what you said. You said we created Al Qaeda in Iraq. How big a deal was Hamas in 2000? Fairly big. I don't remember a lot of references to them during the peace talks before Clinton left office. Because no one would talk with them. They where considered the official representatives of the Palestinians, and they where (and are) considered a terrorist organization. They where largely ignored during the talks, they where not part of the talks. The same thing with Hezbollah. It wasn't till we IGNORED entreaties from Iran and got bogged down in Iraq that Iran really started pumping bucks and trainers into those organizations. Total nonsense. Iran help Hezbollah get started back in the early 80s and has supported it ever since. Before 9/11 (and thus before Iraq as well) Hezbollah had killed more Americans than any other Middle Eastern terrorist group. So it was neither insignificant nor lacking in support from Iran before Bush. but I don't remember any of those nutjobs RUSHING to refine uranium and build nukes BEFORE Bush came in and instigated everything. You not remembering doesn't mean much in this case.