Why did Bush deliberately attack the wrong country?

Paul J. Adam wrote:

Harboured a few, but then so does the US according to us.

Which member of the IRA was harbored by the U.S. ever, but particularly after
9/11?

Life isn't simple or obvious.

I guess because it happened here and not in Europe September 11th has left
(after nearly 3 years) two starkly different impressions on Europe and the U.S.
As far as terrorism is concerned, life is simple and very obvious.

But much worse has been tolerated in the past

"The past" being the key term. 9/11 changed everything.

and it remains a question worth asking: given the
cost in troops tied up, what made Iraq such a pressing threat?

The potential of Hussain.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

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(Fred the Red Shirt) wrote:

(BUFDRVR) wrote in message
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Fred the Red Shirt wrote:

Abbas was caught in Baghdad and Abu Nidal was killed there. Are you
saying the Iraqi government didn't control Baghdad?

When and when, respectively?

Abu Nidal was killed in Baghdad in August of 2002. There is considerable
mystery surrounding his death. Baghdad initially claimed he died of an
illness,
then they claimed suicide. Information leaked out shortly after that
he died of
multiple gun shot wounds.

It doesn't sound like Baghdad was much of a safe haven for Nidal.

Sounds like he died of lead poisoning.

By definition, terrorists are extremely dangerous people. Perhaps Saddam
decided that he had lived too long.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur