"Wdtabor" wrote:
We look at the movement of Islamofascism as the enemy, and not
just individual governments. Under that view, Iraq is a legitimate
strategic target. Iraq did not topple the WTC, but ...Taking Iraq
first minimzes the number of Moslems we will have to kill to win
this war.

I find this argument illogical. Before the war, Saddam had radical
Islamists, "Islamofascists," to use your word, under tighter control
than in any other predominantly Muslim country - hell, he was
exterminating them. Now, the lid is off: we have handed the the
radicals a golden opportunity. They are already taking full advantage of
it by organizing and proselytizing masses of followers, something
unthinkable before the invasion. All this was foreseeable. The invasion
was folly; our enemies have been much enriched by it.
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Dan
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