security and insecurity

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Thread: security and insecurity

# 18747 byvictoriatangoman on Dec. 12, 2003, 10:07 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

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> From my point of view, as an al Qaeda target, I think taking the
> pressure of al Qaeda in Afganistan and diverting the best Special
> Ops forces to Iraq was a big mistake. Not quite as bad as Bush
> ignoring al Qaeda entirely before 9/11, but close and less
> excusable. If you want to win, finish off your enemies one at a
> time. The invasion of Iraq, at least, could have waited a few
> years while we polished off al Qaeda.

Here is an interesting article by Seymour Hersh (definitely not a
Bush supporter!) on Special Forces in Iraq. I think he gives a
fairly sophisticated analysis of what the problems are and the
benefits and dangers of some proposed solutions.

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?031215fa_fact

> They had no WMD or we would have found them by now.

Perhaps you want to reword this statement into a form that is
logically defensible.

TangoMan