Originally posted by HarveyWallbangers
That is true of al-Qaeda. However, there are reasons why they attacked us and not, say, Switzerland or Belgium. Bin Laden went after us, at least in part, because we had troops stationed in Saudi Arabia. So our solution was to occupy another oil-producing, Muslim country. Getting al-Zarqawi isn't going to end the insurgency because 90% of the insurgency is made of not of al-Qaede, but of Iraqis who want us out of the country. As long as we have 130,000 troops stationed in Iraq, there are those who will refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the Iraqi government. 99% of Iraqis might be with us, but that 1% can, and has, created a lot of havoc. We simply have to get out of there if there is to be peace in Iraq. Tha fact that leaving may open up Iraq to a full-blown Civil War shows what a mess Bush has created.


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