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http://www.reuters.com/article/world...0080508?rpc=92

Wildo7

And as long as we're still there they'll be someone to step up and take his place.

otis p. driftwood

Someone would probably step up and take his place if the US pulled out tomorrow.

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Wildo7

And what would be their recruiting tool if the US was no longer there?

otis p. driftwood

Don't forget that there was Al Queda before the US was in Iraq.

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Wildo7

Yes, but there wasn't Al Qaeda in Iraq. And there wasn't Al Qaeda in the middle east before America got there. The point is that Al Qaeda has a lot more capability to recruit angry young muslims when the U.S. is still there causing "collateral damage."

IcyPatriot

either way they will be there ... but more while we're there is the right asumption IMO.

IcyPatriot

Can't argue that .. however that was one rational for being there. that being they would be less likely to attack us elsewhere as long as we were there.

otis p. driftwood

Now, I don't want to argue about this, because it's not that important (and god knows, Wildo and I can argue about almost anything )...but AQ was in how many countries around the world? There were cells in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the Phillipines...hell, apparently even the US...but we're supposed to believe they weren't in the only country in the world openly hostile to the US, with a dictator that had proven he'd work with pretty much anyone who was hostile to the US/Israel?

I just don't understand it.

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wistahpatsfan

Saddam hated religion, outside influence, and any other threat to his power. Iraq was probably the most dangerous place in the Middle East for an AQ guy to be...except maybe Israel.

We now know that the majority of AQ was in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. Lots in Egypt, too. Virtually none in Iraq.

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