I would like to note that I do believethat the war in Iraq is unpopular and may lead to a terrorist attack, however, when waging a war you have to deal with your enemy directly. Our #1 enemy is al-qaeda. Al-qaeda is spending millions of dollars funding the insurgency in Iraq, the US military just captured a field hospital in Baquba(sp) that was state of the art, better than most nations are capable. It is a simple fact of warfare, the side with the most resources wins. my question is this - where would all those resources be going for Al-Qaeda if not directed towards Iraq? We would be facing a well funded and highly sophisticated attack here.
You claim not to care about the Iraqi's, and that is fine by me. Our goals in Iraq are not about saving Iraqi's, they are to keep Iraq from becoming another Iran, who, since Carter blew the chance in the 70's to stop the Islamic revolution, have been major source of funding for terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah. Now, what do you care if the terrorize the middle east? Hezbollah has published plans to destroy the US and has planned attacks on US targets. Luckily, Lebanon is cracking down on Hezbollah, Hamas is infighting with Fatah, and neither group can spend resources on the US. THIS IS OUR GOAL! Winning wars is not about body count or flashy victories, as the terrorist groups believe, it is about conserving resources. This is why North Korea is a fly on the wall and China is a 800lb gorilla.
