found this on the gaelic starover-
“The ultimate tragedy of the Iraq war was not only that it diverted the U.S. from the knockout blow against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan—the deaths of bin Laden and Zawahiri would likely have persuaded most jihadis it was wiser to focus on the near enemy—but that Iraq also altered the outcome of Al Qaeda's internal debate, tipping it in bin Laden's favor. "Iraq ended that debate because it fused the near and the far enemy," as Arquilla puts it succinctly. America ventured into the lands of jihad and willingly offered itself as a target in place of the local regimes. And as a new cause that revived the flagging Al Qaeda movement. It is, no doubt, bin Laden's greatest victory.”
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i guess bin laden has a new audiotape that has been released. it says many things but what struck me was this-
'Bin Laden also addressed Bush, saying, "We will continue to fight you and your allies everywhere, in Iraq,
Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan to run down your resources and kill your men until you return defeated to your nation."'- from yahoo news.
Excellent post. Thank you for sharing it. Sometimes it is hard for me to put my feelings into words, but when I read this re-post, I thought, that is so true. The main tragedy is the many lives this war has cost and the many families who have lost loved ones.
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