The US media eagerly joined this deception, even though 95% of Iraq’s resistance groups had no sympathy for bin Laden’s movement. Watch any US network TV news report on Iraq and you will inevitably hear reporters parroting Pentagon handouts about US forces "launching a new offensive against al-Qaida."
Al-Qaida in Mesopotamia didn’t even exist before 9/11, but that didn’t stop President Bush from trying to gull credulous voters. He simply ignored the 2006 National Intelligence Estimate that found US-occupied Iraq had become an "incubator" for violent anti-American groups.
If the US were to withdraw from Iraq tomorrow, the nation would be split between warring Shia, Sunni and Kurdish parties. The fake Al-Qaida in Iraq would end up at the bottom of the totem pole, or be wiped out by other Iraqis. Even Osama bin Laden and his number two, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, have blasted the phony al-Qaida in Iraq and called for an end to its attacks on Iraqi civilians.
But Americans are increasingly leery of the White House’s crying wolf. Many are also asking how Bush could claim "steady progress" was being made in his wars when it appears the al-Qaida movement is back to pre-2001 strength, anti-American groups are popping up across Asia and Africa, and Iraq is a bloody mess.
After six years of conflict, 3,600 dead and 25,000 wounded American soldiers, expenditure of $610 billion, tens of thousands of dead Iraqis and Afghans, collapse of Mideast peace efforts, and a Muslim World enraged against the US, nothing positive seems to have been accomplished by a leader who likes to style himself, "the war president."
As the White House now ponders an attack on Iran, we would do well to recall the famed words of King Pyrrhus of Epirus, "one more such victory and we are ruined."
ONLY DR. RON PAUL WILL STOP WAR : like he said : Send our troops home now
2007-07-17
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They failed in 2006 and are likely to fail in 2008. Americans are smarter than they think.
2007-07-23 08:23:34
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answered by johnfarber2000 6
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first of all, iraqi resistance groups can have no sympathy for al-qaida and they still exist inside their borders. no one i know has sympathy for al-qaida but members have been found inside US and other nations. i'm not saying saddam backed them, but he knew they were there. secondly, these radical islamo-fascists produced violence against the west waaaaay before the invasion. i have no doubt that more terrorists have joined in the fight against the west. that's fine. easier to kill once they've been identified. i have news for you my friend. these people you claim were "incubated" from this war were sympathizers to anit-american groups to begin with. but the influx in violence we've seen in the last month or so is due to one reason. what does an animal do when it's backed into a corner? that's right. it claws and bites and fights like hell. that's what's happening here. you've got the sunnis and shiites AND al-qaida (whether it's wanna be's or not) struggling for power between themselves, all the while the US backed coalition is installing a democratic government. the radicals understand their time is running out. as far as al-qaida leadership calling for the end of "phony" al-qaida attacks on civilians.. lol, that's just hilarious in itself. they are a terrorist organization. their main targets are civilians. be it muslim or not. steady progress IS being made. we've only been there for about 5 years. can't be done overnight. can't take out their leader, destroy entire infrastructure, and introduce a new style of government and culture.. not to mention fighting of radicals the whole time.. and do it in that amount of time. not gonna happen. read your history books. premature troop pullout would be a complete DISASTER. again, read your history books. the last time the west did that Mr. Hitler and the Nazis came to power. you think they were bad? radical islam IS the greatest threat this world has EVER known. the koran teaches you to do one of these 3 things when you come in contact with an "infadel"..
1)convert them, 2) rule them and tax them, 3)kill them. and we all know which one they practice... these people live according to ancient law. they do NOT deviate.
2007-07-17 05:23:19
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answered by jasonsluck13 6
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Unfortunately the probability of an Al-Qaida attack is very real. I do not particularly like Bush but I do not think that he would resort to scaring the American public for political gain...not at this time. It is too far from election time.
2007-07-17 18:36:31
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answered by Anonymous
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Al Quada is a phony threat? Ron Paul is not a miracle worker. What he promises to do and what he can do would be 2 different things.
2007-07-24 17:20:01
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answered by smsmith500 7
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Al Qaeda is a CIA buzzword to deceive Americans that some radical Islamic terrorist group really exists, so that we will give up all of our rights and tax dollars to the Zionist creeps that have infiltrated our the White House, the Pentagon, and the mainstream media. Glad to hear not everyone is fooled by it.
2007-07-17 05:02:41
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answered by Anonymous
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answered by Anonymous
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I would answer this, but you did not post a question. Your diatribe however was absolutely Kraptastic. When you pull something like that from your back-side, do not forget to wipe.
2007-07-17 05:10:00
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answered by Anonymous
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It wil probably work too.
There are some blind and ignorant people out there who watch nothing but O'reilly, listen to noone but Rush, read noone but Coulter, obey noone but their preachers, and vote for noone but republicans.
You can show them the reality of the situation all day, but you will just get labeled a 'lib', and told that you are 'unamerican' and a 'terrorist'.
Dubya is their God. And anyone who questions him is the enemy.
2007-07-17 05:02:42
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answered by Joe M 2
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yeah what else is new, I didnt vote for bush either time, but nobody wanted to listen to me, but I agree Ron Paul is great hes the only one not full of poo that includes republicans and democrats both are liars
2007-07-17 04:59:56
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answered by Anonymous
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If Ron Paul was elected, would he tear off his mask to reveal that he's actually Lyndon LaRouche?
2007-07-17 05:00:54
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answered by Eukodol 4
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