General Zinni on Sixty Minutes

In message , Ed Rasimus
writes
On 01 Jun 2004 10:09:37 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:
Who knew we were being lied to about WMD? We never should have believed that
bum and his neocon liars..

Conveniently overlooking the recent Sarin discovery in Iraq

One shell, apparently dated pre-1991 - this isn't a clear and present
danger. (The production facility for it would be - no signs so far)

and the
presence of Al-Zawaheri at the beheading of Nick Berg.

Alleged - weren't the killers hooded?

Note also that at one point there was a declared "flypaper strategy" of
using Iraq as bait to draw in and destroy terrorists - was al-Zawaheri
in Iraq before 2003, or did he (or his adherents) go there to kill
Americans post-war?

If it doesn't fit the perconception simply ignore it.

On the other hand, don't latch too solidly onto it just because it's
comfortable.

We all might start at this point by acknowledging that Islamic
fundamentalist terrorism is NOT a national movement. The repetition of
things like "why Iraq" or "the 9/11 perps were all Saudi" ignores the
fact that the terrorists don't represent a particular country but
rather a particular ideology that is inimical to democracy and
Judeo/Christian societies.

However, the al-Qaeda movement in particular and the Wahabbi ideology in
general are both solidly based in and funded from Saudi Arabia. (Where
al-Qaeda terrorists are still operating)

A brief review of Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" might
be in order.

So you attack fundamentalist Islam by invading one of the more secular
states in the Middle East? Does not compute...

--
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
Julius Caesar I:2

Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk