The "war on terror" is like the "war on drugs". The US is finding it extremely hard to fight a war where the other side is ill defined and not a state per se. As a result, yes, Iraq was the next logical step, but the next logical step down the wrong road.
That road is the one where some how Saddam and Bin Ladin became best of buddies, somehow sharing the secret decoder ring and whatnot. You KNOW Saddam caused 9/11, that is why they went to spank his ass. No wait, it was the WMD. No it wasn't there wasn't any.
The premise for all of this action is bullshit, and as a result, any "logical" deducations based on it are equally bullshit.
Sad but true, the region was more stable and less likely to become a terrorist training ground when Saddam was in power. Now it is a festering sore, knocked back 50 years in development and likely to degreade into civil was and ethnic strife. That is the EXACT recipe for creating terrorists, not getting rid of them.
Based on all of this, what is the next logical step? Taking out Iran? Syria?
Where does it end?
Alex
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