From: Monte Davis 

"Mark Hessey"  wrote:

>See, you're looking at the intelligence required to capture EXISTING
>terrorists, that does nothing/very little to prevent the ongoing growth of
>the terrrorist idealogy.

And the war in Iraq did... what, exactly to prevent such growth?

What spreads ideology? You want to cut off the money that's built thousands
of fundamentalist _madrasas_ from Algeria to Indonesia over the last thirty
years? Go after Saudi Arabia... but no, the Bushes have been doing business
with them for seventy years. Loyalty is important.

>the removal of Saddam is worlds ahead of capturing bin Laden in
>terms of eliminating state support/ignorance of terrorist operations
>in the long-term

Never mind that Iraq was in the minor leagues worldwide in state support
for terrorism, and *nowhere* in support for Al Qaeda...

>and further that Iraq was the only logical place to
>take that next step

You've been sold a bill of goods, friend.

Hope we can afford it.

-Monte

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